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The essays in this volume were presented at a conference honoring John V. Fleming at Princeton University on April 21-22, 2004. The aim of the conference was to revisit Fleming's 1977 book, An Introduction to the Franciscan Literature of the Middle Ages, from a number of different perspectives, including social, religious and literary history, as well as art, exegesis, political thought and the history of education. A prominent, but not exclusive, theme of the contributions is the distinction between "defenders" and "critics" of medieval Franciscanism. Recent scholarship has shown that the dividing line between medieval defenders and critics of Franciscan life was not as sharp or as clear as had once been thought. This, more nuanced approach to medieval Franciscanism is a reflection of the many scholarly developments that have occurred since - and as a result of - Fleming's volume. The present work offers a selection of current approaches to the question.
Price: $185.00
Pages: 272
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
02 June 2009
ISBN: 9789004176300
Format: Hardcover
Michael F. Cusato, O.F.M. is Director of the Franciscan Institute and Dean of the School of Franciscan Studies at St. Bonaventure University in New York State. He is a specialist on the history of the Franciscan Order in the Middle Ages, with particular expertise in the contexualization of the Franciscan sources of the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries and the role played by apocalypticism in Franciscan identity.
G. Geltner is a Lecturer in Medieval History at University College, Oxford. He has recently published William of Saint Amour’s De Periculis Novissimorum Temporum: A Critical Edition, Translation and Introduction (2008) and The Medieval Prison: A Social History (2008). He is currently writing a social history of medieval antifraternalism.
G. Geltner is a Lecturer in Medieval History at University College, Oxford. He has recently published William of Saint Amour’s De Periculis Novissimorum Temporum: A Critical Edition, Translation and Introduction (2008) and The Medieval Prison: A Social History (2008). He is currently writing a social history of medieval antifraternalism.