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The Other Friars: The Carmelite, Augustinian, Sack and Pied Friars in the Middle Ages
Frances Andrews
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Description for The Other Friars: The Carmelite, Augustinian, Sack and Pied Friars in the Middle Ages
Paperback. A concise and accessible history of four of the monastic orders in the middle ages. Series: Monastic Orders. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
A concise and accessible history of four of the monastic orders in the middle ages. In 1274 the Council of Lyons decreed the end of various "new orders" of Mendicants which had emerged during the great push for evangelism and poverty in the thirteenth-century Latin Church. The Franciscans and Dominicans were explicitly excluded, while the Carmelites and Austin friars were allowed a stay of execution. These last two were eventually able to acquire approval, but other smaller groups, in particular the Friars of the Sack and Pied Friars, were forced to disband. This book outlines the history of ... Read more
A concise and accessible history of four of the monastic orders in the middle ages. In 1274 the Council of Lyons decreed the end of various "new orders" of Mendicants which had emerged during the great push for evangelism and poverty in the thirteenth-century Latin Church. The Franciscans and Dominicans were explicitly excluded, while the Carmelites and Austin friars were allowed a stay of execution. These last two were eventually able to acquire approval, but other smaller groups, in particular the Friars of the Sack and Pied Friars, were forced to disband. This book outlines the history of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
428g
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783270040
SKU
V9781783270040
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Reviews for The Other Friars: The Carmelite, Augustinian, Sack and Pied Friars in the Middle Ages
Sheds needed light on an obscure aspect of medieval mendicancy and is a great resource for those studying medieval religious institutional and social history.
RELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW
A fine study. [...] Deals elegantly with the difficulty of reconstructing the past from primarily normative sources and makes deft use of such evidence of personal experience and opinion as is ... Read more
RELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW
A fine study. [...] Deals elegantly with the difficulty of reconstructing the past from primarily normative sources and makes deft use of such evidence of personal experience and opinion as is ... Read more