| Description |
xiii, 239 pages : map ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Monastic orders
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Monastic orders.
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| Note |
Originally published: 2006. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-236) and index. |
| Contents |
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 -- 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 -- The preaching of St Bernardine of Siena -- Towards division, 1400-1446 -- Observants and Conventuals, 1420-1456. |
| Subject |
Franciscans -- History.
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Franciscans. |
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History. |
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Monastic and religious life -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Monastic and religious life -- Middle Ages. |
| Chronological Term |
600-1500 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| ISBN |
9781843835158 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1843835150 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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