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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Șenocak, Neslihan, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Franciscans.
Franciscans > Education > History > To 1500.
Franciscans > History > To 1500.
Learning and scholarship > Medieval.
Education.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Savoir et erudition > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Learning and scholarship > History > Medieval, 500-1500.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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