Religion and the Medieval and Early Modern Global Marketplace

<p><i>Religion and the Medieval and Early Modern Global Marketplace</i> brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to examine the intersection conflict and confluence of religion and the market before 1700.</p><p>Each chapter analyzes the unique interplay of faith and economy in a different locale: Syria Ethiopia France Iceland India Peru and beyond. In ten case studies specialists of archaeology art history social and economic history religious studies and critical theory address issues of secularization tolerance colonialism and race with a fresh focus. They chart the tensions between religious and economic thought in specific locales or texts the complex ways that religion and economy interacted with one another and the way in which matters of faith economy and race converge in religious images of the pre- and early modern periods. Considering the intersection of faith and economy the volume questions the legacy of early modern economic and spiritual exceptionalism and the ways in which prosperity still entangles itself with righteousness.</p><p>The interdisciplinary nature means that this volume is the perfect resource for advanced undergraduates postgraduates and scholars working across multiple areas including history literature politics art history global studies philosophy and gender studies in the medieval and early modern periods.</p>