Richard Newhauser

The Early History of Greed

The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature
Herausgeber: Minnis, Alastair; Boyde, Patrick

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first full-length study of the early history of greed, through texts from the first to tenth centuries CE.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780521385220
• ISBN-10: 0521385229
• Artikelnr.: 21148572

Inhaltsangabe

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
Notes
Bibliography
Indexes.