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The Carmelites and Antiquity

Mendicants and Their Pasts in the Middle Ages [Hardback]

by Andrew Jotischky (, Senior Lecturer In History, University Of Lancaster)

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      Andrew Jotischky (, Senior Lecturer In History, University Of Lancaster)

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Oxford University Press

    • Published

      July 2002

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      The Carmelites, the only contemplative religious order to have been founded in the Crusader States, first emerged as a group of hermits living on Mount Carmel, a site associated with the prophet Elijah. Soon after migrating to the West, in the mid-thirteenth century, they began to develop the geographical associations into a complex historical tradition based on the claim to have been founded by the prophet. Carmelite historical myths were first developed as a response to the threat of suppression, but increasingly came to form the basis of a distinctive ecclesiology and mission. This book, which is the first full-length study of the Carmelite historical legendary, examines the circumstances under which the traditions were constructed, describes the evolution of the traditions themselves from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries, and places them within the wider context of historical writing by religious orders, and attitudes to the past more generally in the later Middle Ages.

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      • Author

        Andrew Jotischky (, Senior Lecturer In History, University Of Lancaster)

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Oxford University Press

      • Published

        July 2002

      • Weight

        554g

      • Page Count

        384

      • Dimensions

        140 x 216 x 26 mm

      • ISBN

        9780198206347

      • ISBN-10

        0198206348

      • Eden Code

        1190594

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      • Author/Creator: Andrew Jotischky (, Senior Lecturer In History, University Of Lancaster)

      • ISBN: 9780198206347

      • Publisher: Oxford University Press

      • Release Date: July 2002

      • Weight: 554g

      • Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 26 mm

      • Eden Code: 1190594


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