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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      20 April 2000
      ISBN:
      9780511485992
      9780521385220
      9780521026482
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511485992
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.495kg, 264 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.408kg, 264 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, History, European and World Literature: General Interest, Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature (41)
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    Subjects:
    Literature, History, European and World Literature: General Interest, Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature (41)
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    The history of avarice as the deadliest vice in western Europe has been said to begin in earnest only with the rise of capitalism or, earlier, the rise of a money economy. In this first full-length study of the early history of greed, Richard Newhauser shows that avaritia, the sin of greed for possessions, has a much longer history, and is more important for an understanding of the Middle Ages, than has previously been allowed. His examination of theological and literary texts composed between the first century CE and the tenth century reveals new significance in the portrayal of various kinds of greed, to the extent that by the early Middle Ages avarice was available to head the list of vices for authors engaged in the task of converting others from pagan materialism to Christian spirituality.

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    ‘Newhauser has created a thought-provoking study that points beyond moralism to economic theory.’

    Source: Journal of Ecclesiastical History

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