Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval Europe write by Lester K. Little. This book was released on 1983. Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In this stimulating and important book Lester Little advances the original thesis that, paradoxically, it was the leading practitioners of voluntary poverty, Franciscan and Dominican friars, who finally formulated a Christian ethic which justified the activities of merchants, moneylenders, and other urban professionals, and created a Christian spirituality suitable for townsmen. Little has synthesized a vast body of specialized literature in Italian, German, French, and English to write an interpretive essay which provides a new perspective on the interaction between economic and social forces and the religious movements advocating the apostolic ideal of voluntary poverty...Little's book is a major contribution, not only to the history of the religious movement of voluntary poverty, but also to the interdisciplinary study of the middle ages." --Journal of Social History
Religious poverty and the profit economy in Medieval Europe
Religious poverty and the profit economy in Medieval Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religious poverty and the profit economy in Medieval Europe write by . This book was released on 1978. Religious poverty and the profit economy in Medieval Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Contesting Christendom
Contesting Christendom - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contesting Christendom write by James L. Halverson. This book was released on 2008. Contesting Christendom available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The pervasiveness of the Christian religion has long been treated as one of the key features of medieval society. Indeed, Europe in the Middle Ages is often described simply as a Christian culture. Yet what do we mean when we say that medieval Europe was a Christian society, and what did it mean to be a Christian in the Middle Ages? These questions are fundamental to any understanding of the Middle Ages, yet the variety of theoretical approaches and conclusions represented in this carefully selected and provocative collection of key works in the field highlights the complexity of the answers. Introducing students to medieval Christianity, James L. Halverson presents a rich array of readings that offers a variety of ways to study the history of religion within a chronological setting. His opening chapter and introductions to each section and selection frame the essays and provide a strong conceptual framework to build upon. Making it clear that scholars have approached religion from many perspectives and used many different methodologies, this collection presents some of the best scholarship of religion as culture and practice, emphasizing the ongoing attempt to understand the social and cultural aspects of medieval Christianity. Contributions by: Rudolf Bell, Constance Brittain Bouchard, Peter Brown, Marcus Bull, Caroline Walker Bynum, Mark R. Cohen, Georges Duby, Eamon Duffy, Joan Ferrante, Richard Fletcher, Katherine L. French, Thomas A. Fudge, Herbert Grundmann, James L. Halverson, Karen Louise Jolly, Lester Little, Rob Means, Bernd Moeller, Andrew P. Roach, Jane Tibbets Schulenburg, Keith Thomas, and Ian Wood.
Benedictine Maledictions
Benedictine Maledictions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Benedictine Maledictions write by Lester K. Little. This book was released on 2018-07-05. Benedictine Maledictions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "'May they be cursed in town and cursed in the fields. May their barns be cursed and may their bones be cursed. May the fruit of their loins be cursed as well as the fruit of their lands.' French monks of the Middle Ages hurled curses like these at their enemies, seeking supernatural assistance when no secular judge could help them. In a long-awaited book written with elegance and erudition, Lester Little undertakes the first full-length study of these maledictions.... The book's focus is the way that religious communities—especially the monks who followed Benedict's Rule and hence were known by his name—used liturgical cursing to safeguard their integrity and their possessions, against both laymen and other ecclesiastics." —Journal of Social History
The Poverty of Nations
The Poverty of Nations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Poverty of Nations write by Barry Asmus. This book was released on 2013. The Poverty of Nations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. We can win the fight against global poverty. Combining penetrating economic analysis with insightful theological reflection, this book sketches a comprehensive plan for increasing wealth and protecting stability at a national level.
