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Poverty and Devotion in Mendicant Cultures 1200-1450

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by Dr Constant J. Mews, Anna Welch

    • Author

      Dr Constant J. Mews

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Taylor & Francis Ltd

    • Published

      June 2016

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      Poverty and Devotion in Mendicant Cultures 1200-1450

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      Ever since the time of Francis of Assisi, a commitment to voluntary poverty has been a controversial aspect of religious life. This volume explores the interaction between poverty and religious devotion in the mendicant orders between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. While poverty has often been perceived more as a Franciscan than as a Dominican emphasis, this volume considers its role within a broader movement of evangelical renewal associated with the mendicant transformation of religious life. At a time of increased economic prosperity, reformers within the Church sought new ways of encouraging identification with the person of Christ. This volume considers the paradoxical tension between voluntary poverty as a way of emulating Christ and involuntary poverty as situation demanding a response from those with the means to help the poor. Drawing on history, literature and visual arts, it explores how the mendicant orders continued to transform religious life into the time of the renaissance.
      The papers in this volume are organised under three headings, prefaced with an introductory essay by the editors: Poverty and the Rule of Francis, exploring the interpretation of poverty in the Franciscan Order; Devotional Cultures, considering aspects of devotional life fostered by mendicant religious communities, Franciscan, Augustinian and Dominican; Preaching Poverty, on the way poverty was promoted and practiced within the Dominican Order in the later Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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      • Author

        Dr Constant J. Mews

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Taylor & Francis Ltd

      • Published

        June 2016

      • Weight

        502g

      • Page Count

        250

      • Dimensions

        164 x 241 x 19 mm

      • ISBN

        9781472437327

      • ISBN-10

        1472437322

      • Eden Code

        4456042

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      • Author/Creator: Dr Constant J. Mews

      • ISBN: 9781472437327

      • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

      • Release Date: June 2016

      • Weight: 502g

      • Dimensions: 164 x 241 x 19 mm

      • Eden Code: 4456042


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