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The Early History of Greed

The Sin of Avarice in Early Medieval Thought and Literature

The Early History of Greed
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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.
Cambridge University Press; April 2000
264 pages; ISBN 9780511037269
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