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

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.

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Main Author: Newhauser, Richard, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000
Series:Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 41.
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