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The Early History of Greed : The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature / Richard Newhauser.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Newhauser, Richard, 1947-
Series:
Cambridge books online.
Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature ; no. 41
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Avarice--History.
Avarice.
Christian ethics--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian ethics.
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
PDF
Summary:
The first full-length study of the early history of greed, through texts from the first to tenth centuries CE.
Contents:
1 Alms and ascetes, round stones and masons: avarice in the early church 1
2 Ascetic transformations I: monks and the laity in eastern Christendom 22
3 Ascetic transformations II: soaring eagles or safety in the herd - from anchoritic to cenobitic monasticism 47
4 Ascetic transformations III: the Latin West in the fourth and fifth centuries 70
5 Secularizing avarice and cupidity 96
Epilogue: Future perspectives 125.
Notes:
Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Mar 2012).
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Print version:
ISBN:
9780511485992
9780521385220
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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