The Franciscans in the Middle Ages /

St Francis of Assisi is one of the most admired figures of the Middle Ages - and one of the most important in the Christian church, modelling his life on the literal observance of the Gospel and recovering an emphasis on the poverty experienced by Jesus Christ. From 1217 Francis sent communities of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robson, Michael J. P., 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2006.
Colección:Monastic orders.
Temas:
Franciscans > History.
Franciscans
600-1500
Monastic and religious life > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Vie religieuse et monastique > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Monastic and religious life > Middle Ages
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chronology
  • Glossary of terms
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • SECTION ONE: THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY: St. Francis's vocation to live and proclaim the Gospel
  • The initial expansion of the order
  • The poor followers of St. Francis
  • The friars' ministry of preaching
  • Preparation for the Apostolate
  • Friars and the Papacy
  • St. Bonaventure
  • The order's role in the Church
  • SECTION TWO: THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY: The mission to China
  • The growing clamour for reform
  • The crisis under Pope John XXII
  • The friars and their neighbours
  • Giovanni Boccaccio, satire and the friars
  • The friars' churches
  • Communities of the Friars Minor Conventual
  • The emergence of the Observant reform in Umbria
  • SECTION THREE: THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY: The preaching of St. Bernardine of Siena
  • Toward division, 1400-1446
  • Observants and Conventuals, 1420-1456
  • Conclusion.

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