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The origin, development, and refinement of medieval religious mendicancies /

The purpose and intention of this handbook is to offer an analysis of the term mendicancy and to present an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the phenomenon of religious mendicancy in the central and later middle ages. It provides a contextualized guide that will introduce the central iss...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Prudlo, Donald, 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, ©2011.
Colección:Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 24.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The purpose and intention of this handbook is to offer an analysis of the term mendicancy and to present an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the phenomenon of religious mendicancy in the central and later middle ages. It provides a contextualized guide that will introduce the central issues in contemporary scholarship regarding the mendicant orders. This project approaches the controversies from a multitude of angles and unites in one volume the insights of different disciplines such as social and intellectual history, literary analysis, and theology.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 382 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-372) and index.
ISBN:9789004210646
9004210644
1283160706
9781283160704
ISSN:1871-6377 ;