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Despite a long tradition of historical research focused on their origins and development, the Franciscans remain an enigmatic phenomenon to this day. Based on its founder’s exceptional charisma, the Order experienced an unprecedented expansion in Europe and beyond from the 13th century onwards.
The fifteen articles in this volume offer important insights into the wide range of the friars’ activities which ensured the Order’s strong impact on all levels of medieval and early modern society. Covering regional as well as more general themes, among them facets of the friars’ ministry and their intellectual contributions, the volume offers important explanations for the community’s success and endurance.
Contributors are Stefan Acatrinei, Matthew Beckmann, Alvaro Cacciotti, Anna Campbell, Michael F. Cusato, Sophie Delmas, Timothy J. Johnson, Peter Murray Jones, Annette Kehnel, Benedikt Mertens, Colmán Ó Clabaigh, Bert Roest, Jens Röhrkasten, Christian Steer, and Patrick Zutshi.
The fifteen articles in this volume offer important insights into the wide range of the friars’ activities which ensured the Order’s strong impact on all levels of medieval and early modern society. Covering regional as well as more general themes, among them facets of the friars’ ministry and their intellectual contributions, the volume offers important explanations for the community’s success and endurance.
Contributors are Stefan Acatrinei, Matthew Beckmann, Alvaro Cacciotti, Anna Campbell, Michael F. Cusato, Sophie Delmas, Timothy J. Johnson, Peter Murray Jones, Annette Kehnel, Benedikt Mertens, Colmán Ó Clabaigh, Bert Roest, Jens Röhrkasten, Christian Steer, and Patrick Zutshi.
Price: $148.00
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
15 October 2026
ISBN: 9789004763975
Format: Hardcover
Michael Cusato, PhD (1991), Sorbonne, Paris, held a full professorship at St. Bonaventure University. He has published widely on the history of medieval Franciscanism in many scholarly journals with three monographs and several translations.
Jens Röhrkasten, PhD (1987), Freie Universität Berlin, was lecturer at universities in England, Germany and Switzerland. He has published on aspects of English medieval law and on the mendicant orders, including a monograph on the Mendicant houses of medieval London (2004).
Jens Röhrkasten, PhD (1987), Freie Universität Berlin, was lecturer at universities in England, Germany and Switzerland. He has published on aspects of English medieval law and on the mendicant orders, including a monograph on the Mendicant houses of medieval London (2004).