The early history of greed : the sin of avarice in early medieval thought and literature /

Main Author: Newhauser, Richard G., 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. New York: Cambridge University Press, c2000
Series:Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 41
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245 1 4 |a The early history of greed :  |b the sin of avarice in early medieval thought and literature /  |c Richard Newhauser 
260 |a Cambridge, U.K.  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c c2000  |a New York: 
300 |a xiv, 246 p. ;  |c 24 cm 
490 0 |a Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;  |v 41 
504 |a Includes bibliography (p. 205-231) and indexes 
505 1 |a Contents: Preface--List of abbreviations-- 1. Alms and ascetes, round stones and masons: avarice in the early church-- 2. Ascetic transformations 1: 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. 
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