02213nam 2200373 450 991058029940332120230430144513.01-68571-027-1(CKB)5600000000474034(NjHacI)995600000000474034(EXLCZ)99560000000047403420230430d2022 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierChristian Economy of the Early Medieval West Towards a Temple Society /Ian N. WoodBinghamton, NY, :Gracchi Books, an imprint of Punctum books,2022.1 online resource (234 pages)The establishment of Christianity in the late- and post-Roman world caused an economic as well as a religious revolution, but, while a great deal of attention has been paid to the religious developments of the period, the impact of the establishment of the Church on the economy has attracted remarkably little attention. The Christian Economy of the Early Medieval West: Towards a Temple Society examines the chronology of the Church's acquisition of wealth, and particularly of landed property, as well as the distribution of its income, in the period between the conversion of Constantine and the eighth century.In this book, the society that emerged as a result of the Church's acquisition of land is interpreted in the light of the anthropological model of the "Temple Society," a concept developed from Karl Marx's so-called "Asiatic Mode of Production." The emergence of a socio-economic system dominated by the Church is presented as a crucial development in the history of western Europe.Christian Economy of the Early Medieval WestChurch historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600EconomicsReligious aspectsChristianityChurch historyEconomicsReligious aspectsChristianity.270.1Wood Ian N.629495NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910580299403321Christian Economy of the Early Medieval West3095739UNINA