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

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

Newhauser, Richard
Minnis, Alastair
Boyde, Patrick

Paperback

Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, Book 41

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryLiterary CriticismGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 0521026482
ISBN13: 9780521026482
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jun 1 2006
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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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