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The early history of greed : the sin of avarice in early medieval thought and literature /
In this first full study of the early history of greed Richard Newhauser shows that avaritia, the sin of greed for possessions, was increasingly dominant in a wide range of theological and literary texts from the first century CE to the end of the tenth century.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;
41. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preliminaries; Contents; List of abbreviations; Preface; 1 Alms and ascetes, round stones and masons: avarice in the early church; 2 Ascetic transformations I: monks and the laity in eastern Christendom; 3 Ascetic transformations II: soaring eagles or safety in the herd
- from anchoritic to cenobitic monasticism; 4 Ascetic transformations III: The Latin West in the fourth and fifth centuries; 5 Secularizing avarice and cupidity; Epilogue: Future perspectives; Appendix: Imagery surrounding avarice; Notes; Bibliography; General index; Index of names; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature.