The Franciscans in the Middle Ages. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Robson.
• Other Names: Robson, Michael J. P, 1946-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (254 pages)
• Subjects: 271.3; Monastic and religious life -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Monastic and religious life -- Middle Ages; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782041474; 1782041478
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