ENGLISH

The Early History of Greed: The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature

By Richard Newhauser

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0521385229, 9780521385220, 9780511010002
Open Library ID
OL7738917M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1229323 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
Pages
264\264
Topic
History
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-01-11 02:35:34
Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История

Description

In this full-length study of the early history of greed Richard Newhauser challenges the traditional view that avarice only became a dominant sin with the rise of a money economy. He shows that avaritia, the sin of greed for possessions, was dominant in a wide range of theological and literary texts from the first century CE, and that by the early Middle Ages avarice headed the list of vices for authors aiming to convert others from pagan materialism to Christian spirituality.

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