The Franciscans in the Middle Ages
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The Franciscans in the Middle Ages

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The Franciscans in the Middle Ages

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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 friars throughout Christendom and launched missions to several countries, including India and China. The movement soon became established in most cities and several large towns, and, enjoying close relations with the popes, its followers were ideal instruments for the propagation of the reforms of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215. They quickly became part of the landscape of medieval life and made their influence felt throughout society.
This book explores the first 250 years of the order's history and charts its rapid growth, development, pastoral ministry, educational organisation, missionary endeavour, internal tensions and divisions. Intended for both the general and more specialist reader, it offers a complete survey of the Franciscan Order. Dr MICHAEL ROBSON is a Fellow and Director of Studies in Theology at St Edmund's College, Cambridge.

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Information

Publisher
Boydell Press
Year
2006
Print ISBN
9781843832218, 9781843832584
eBook ISBN
9781846154676
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. FRONTCOVER
  2. CONTENTS
  3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  4. CHRONOLOGY
  5. GLOSSARY OF TERMS
  6. ABBREVIATIONS
  7. Introduction
  8. Section One: The Thirteenth Century
  9. 1. St Francis’s Vocation to Live and Proclaim the Gospel
  10. 2. The Initial Expansion of the Order
  11. 3. The Poor Followers of St Francis
  12. 4. The Friars’ Ministry of Preaching
  13. 5. Preparation for the Apostolate
  14. 6. Friars and the Papacy
  15. 7. St Bonaventure
  16. 8. The Order’s Role in the Church
  17. Section Two: The Fourteenth Century
  18. 9. The Mission to China
  19. 10. The Growing Clamour for Reform
  20. 11. The Crisis under Pope John XXII
  21. 12. The Friars and Their Neighbours
  22. 13. Giovanni Boccaccio, Satire and the Friars
  23. 14. The Friars’ Churches
  24. 15. Communities of the Friars Minor Conventual
  25. 16. The Emergence of the Observant Reform in Umbria
  26. Section Three: The Fifteenth Century
  27. 17. The Preaching of St Bernardine of Siena
  28. 18. Towards Division, 1400–1446
  29. 19. Observants and Conventuals, 1420–1456
  30. CONCLUSION
  31. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  32. INDEX