The Spiritual Franciscans From Protest to Persecution in the Century after Saint Francis
| Author/creator | Burr, David Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Description | 440 p. 36.000 x 016.000 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation When Saint Francis of Assisi died in 1226, he left behind an order already struggling to maintain its identity. As the Church called upon Franciscans to be bishops, professors, and inquisitors, their style of life began to change. Some in the order lamented this change and insisted on observing the strict poverty practiced by Francis himself. Others were more open to compromise. Over time, this division evolved into a genuine rift, as those who argued for strict poverty were marginalized within the order. In this book, David Burr offers the first comprehensive history of the so-called Spiritual Franciscans a protest movement within the Franciscan order. Burr shows that the movement existed more or less as a loyal opposition in the late thirteenth century, but by 1318 Pope John XXII and leaders of the order and combined to force it beyond the boundaries of legitimacy. At that point the loyal opposition turned into a heretical movement and recalcitrant friars were sent to the stake. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780271023090 |
| ISBN | 0271023090 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780271023090 |
| Stock number | 00020683 |