The Making of Medieval Antifraternalism : Polemic, Violence, Deviance, and Remembrance /
The mendicant orders-Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, Franciscans, and several other groups-spread across Europe apace from the early thirteenth century, profoundly influencing numerous aspect of medieval life. But alongside their tremendous success, their members (friars) also encountered deri...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The mendicant orders-Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, Franciscans, and several other groups-spread across Europe apace from the early thirteenth century, profoundly influencing numerous aspect of medieval life. But alongside their tremendous success, their members (friars) also encountered derision, scorn, and even violence. Such opposition, generally known as antifraternalism, is often seen as an ecclesiastical in-house affair or an ideological response to the brethren'slaxity: both cases registering a moral decline symptomatic of a decadent church. Challenging the accuracy of these view. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (205 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-181) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191612237 0191612235 1280593881 9781280593888 9780191741098 0191741094 |