How Long to Read Sin: Essays on the Moral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages

How Long Does it Take to Read Sin: Essays on the Moral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 30 minutes to read Sin: Essays on the Moral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages by Richard Newhauser

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Description

Richard Newhauser examines here aspects of the moral tradition of medieval thought, specifically the construction of the seven deadly sins, their offspring, and related schematizations of immorality in the Latin West. The emphasis in these studies is on the malleability of moral categories, their relationship to changes in medieval culture, and the creativity and sensitivity of the thinkers who made use of the concepts of sinfulness in the Middle Ages. The first section examines the contexts in which the seven deadly sins (or nine accessory sins) are found in medieval Latin, English, and German texts, and in particular the genre of the treatise on vices and virtues as the major vehicle in which concepts of immorality were examined and presented to a variety of audiences for meditative or pastoral purposes. The second section deals with one of the more interesting of the seven deadly sins, avarice, in its penitential, literary, apocalyptic, and institutional contexts, as its definition changed slowly with developing commercial experiences in medieval Europe. In the last section the breadth of the concept of a sinful curiosity is examined, and its historical development is delineated in the thought of Augustine of Hippo and the early Cistercians.

How long is Sin: Essays on the Moral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages?

Sin: Essays on the Moral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages by Richard Newhauser is 270 pages long, and a total of 67,500 words.

This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sin: Essays on the Moral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 8 minutes to read Sin: Essays on the Moral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages aloud.

What Reading Level is Sin: Essays on the Moral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages?

Sin: Essays on the Moral Tradition in the Western Middle Ages is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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