The Early History of Greed: The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature by Patrick Boyde, Richard Newhauser, Alastair J. Minnis

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

Patrick Boyde, Richard Newhauser, Alastair J. Minnis

264 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

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In this full-length study of the early history of greed Richard Newhauser challenges the traditional view that avarice only became a dominant sin with the rise of a money economy. He shows that avaritia, the sin of greed for possessions, was domin...

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