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The study is dedicated to Bonagratia of Bergamo, a Franciscan layman of the 14th century, who played an important part in his Order's controversy with the Spirituals and in the debate of the poverty of Christ. Together with his general minister Michael of Cesena, William of Ockham and Francis of Ascoli, Bonagratia came into conflict with Pope John XXII and wrote many polemical texts and his famous appellationes. A detailed study of these writings elaborates Bonagratias intellectual merits as a legal expert and as the procurator of the Franciscan Order. Wittneben demonstrates that the legal competence and active experience of this lawyer had a profound influence on the poverty debate.
Price: $168.00
Pages: 430
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions
Publication Date:
18 December 2002
ISBN: 9789004128170
Format: Hardcover
'...a fine example of philological method…an important book...'.
Thomas F. Mayer, Renaissance Quarterly.
'...excellent and accessible scholarship...Not only has Wittneben supplied us with a convincing portrait of a great jurist at work; she has also let historians know that Bonagratia of Bergamo contributed significantly to the political thought of the fourteenth century.'
David Flood, Franciscan Studies, 2004.
Thomas F. Mayer, Renaissance Quarterly.
'...excellent and accessible scholarship...Not only has Wittneben supplied us with a convincing portrait of a great jurist at work; she has also let historians know that Bonagratia of Bergamo contributed significantly to the political thought of the fourteenth century.'
David Flood, Franciscan Studies, 2004.
Eva L. Wittneben, Ph.D. (2001), University of Heidelberg, is teacher of History and Classical Philology at Stuttgart.