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Social history · 7 chapters

Mediaeval Socialism

Bede Jarrett, O.P. 1881–1934

A historical study of medieval property, guilds, schoolmen, lawyers, reformers, and almsgiving.

Dominican traditionJustice & the common goodChurch historyFaith & reason
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What this work asks

Jarrett asks whether medieval institutions and arguments can illuminate modern social questions without pretending that the two settings are identical. The title uses “socialism” in an early twentieth-century debate; the book is historical inquiry, not a ready-made program for current politics.

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    Chapter I · Introduction · pp. 5–7History is analogy, not identityBede Jarrett, O.P., Mediaeval Socialism (London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1914), 5–7.