Managing Financial Resources in Late Antiquity: Greek Fathers' Views on Hoarding and Saving

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Gerasimos Merianos George Gotsis

Managing Financial Resources in Late Antiquity

Greek Fathers' Views on Hoarding and Saving

Gerasimos Merianos, George Gotsis

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
03 April 2018

European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; The Early Church; Economic history

Series: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture

This book examines the views of Greek Church Fathers on hoarding, saving, and management of economic surplus, and their development primarily in urban centres of the Eastern Mediterranean, from the late first to the fifth century. The study shows how the approaches of Greek Fathers, such as Clement of Alexandria, Basil of Caesarea, John Chrysostom, Isidore of Pelusium, and Theodoret of Cyrrhus, to hoarding and saving intertwined with stances toward the moral and social obligations of the wealthy. It also demonstrates how these Fathers responded to conditions and practices in urban economic environments characterized by sharp inequalities. Their attitudes reflect the gradual widening of Christian congregations, but also the consequences of the socio-economic evolution of the late antique Eastern Roman Empire. Among the issues discussed in the book are the justification of wealth, alternatives to hoarding, and the reception of patristic views by contemporaries.

By: Gerasimos Merianos, George Gotsis
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2017 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 4.552kg
ISBN: 9781137564085
ISBN 10: 1137564083
Series: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture
Pages: 257
Publication Date: 03 April 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Historical Background: Early Christian Conceptions of Hoarding.- Chapter 3. Justifying Savings but not the Pursuit of Wealth: Contradictions, Tensions and Accommodations in Early Patristic Texts.- Chapter 4. Savings for Redistributive Purposes: Stewardship of Wealth in the Teachings of Basil of Caesarea and John Chrysostom.- Chapter 5. Fifth-Century Patristic Conceptions of Savings and Capital: Isidore of Pelusium and Theodoret of Cyrrhus.- Chapter 6. Contextualizing Patristic Concepts of Hoarding and Saving.- Chapter 7. Conclusions.- Bibliography.- Index.

Gerasimos Merianos is Senior Researcher in Byzantine History at the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece. George Gotsis is Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.