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The Poor and the Perfect : The Rise of Learning in the Franciscan Order, 1209-1310 /

One of the enduring ironies of medieval history is the fact that a group of Italian lay penitents, begging in sackcloths, led by a man who called himself simple and ignorant, turned in a short time into a very popular and respectable order, featuring cardinals and university professors among its ran...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Șenocak, Neslihan, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : the challenges to the historian
  • The formative years, 1219-1244
  • Studying as evangelical perfection
  • Beyond preaching and confession
  • Paradise lost
  • The educational system around 1310.