{"product_id":"mediaeval-socialism","title":"Mediaeval Socialism","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Bede Jarrett, O.P.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy power of its title alon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ee,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMediaeval Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis a book certain to provoke. Regardless of how one defines the term “socialism,” as Bede Jarrett, O.P., notes, it “is a modern thing, and dependent almost wholly on modern conditions.” The question is well-worth asking, then: “How is it possible to find any real correspondence between theories of old time and those which have grown out of present-day conditions of life?” In this brief yet highly informative volume, Jarrett gives a fascinating sketch of mediaeval social conditions; an exposition of mediaeval communist theories and examples of their implementation; a detailed consideration of the Thomistic and Scholastic conclusions on the social question; and a challenging, hortatory closing chapter on almsgiving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe mediaeval socialists thought, as St. Thomas indeed never wearied of repeating, that unrest and discontent would continue under any form of government whatever. The more each city changed its constitution, the more it remained the same. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e(\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBede Jarrett, O.P.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn astute inquiry into the material conditions of Europe in the Middle Ages,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMediaeval Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a clear enunciation of the mediaeval perspective on property and social responsibility—a perspective especially valuable for its implicit rebuke of the two modern extremes of radical individualism and absolute communism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBede Jarrett, O.P.,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(1881–1934) was an English Dominican friar and distinguished historian and author. In 1921, he founded Blackfriars Priory at the University of Oxford, and revitalized the Dominican magazine\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlackfriars\u003c\/i\u003e, now\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew Blackfriars\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Space of Life Between\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReturning to the Lord\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Life of Saint Dominic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e136pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685951313\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100035211631,"sku":"978-1685951313","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product141.jpg?v=1781124752","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/mediaeval-socialism","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}