The spiritual Franciscans : from protest to persecution in the century after Saint Francis / David Burr.

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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Burr, David, 1934-
Other title:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2001.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Franciscan dilemma
  • Protospirituals
  • The birth of the Usus pauper controversy: 1274-1290
  • Opposition in high places: 1290-1309
  • The council of Vienne: the spiritual Franciscan position
  • The council of Vienne: the community and the pope
  • The collapse of the Clementine settlement
  • John acts
  • Censure and condemnation
  • Southern France: four case histories
  • Southern France: some generalization
  • Ubertino da Casale and the controversy over Christ's poverty
  • Angelo Clareno and beyond.