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

Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Richard Newhauser, Richard G. Newhauser, Newhauser Richard
• Mitarbeit: Patrick Boyde (Herausgeber), Alastair Minnis (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.06.2006
• EAN: 9780521026482
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02648-2
• Seiten: 262
• Abmessung: 153 mm x 228 mm x 16 mm
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval