Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Mediaeval Europe by Lester K Little

Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Mediaeval Europe by Lester K Little

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

Little, Lester K.: - Lester K. Little is Dwight W. Morrow Professor Emeritus of History at Smith College and former Director of the American Academy in Rome. He is a past President both of the Medieval Academy of America and of the International Union of Institutes of Archaeology, Art History, and History in Rome. He is the author of Benedictine Maledictions: Liturgical Cursing in Romanesque France and Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval Europe.

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ISBN 13	9780236401093
ISBN 10	0236401092
Title	Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Mediaeval Europe
Author	Lester K Little
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Distribution Services
Year published	1978-12-07
Number of pages	280
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