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A history of the Franciscan Order from its origins to the year 1517 / John Moorman. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Clarendon Press, (c)1968.Description: xiii, 641 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198264255
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BX3606.M825.H578 1968
  • BX3606
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Contents:
1. Francesco Bernardone -- 2. The first disciples and the first rule -- 3. The early years of the order -- 4. S. Clare and the poor ladies -- 5. Origins of the third order -- 6. Organization -- 7. The struggle for perfection -- 8. Expansion -- 9. The last years of S. Francis
10. After the death of S. Francis -- 11. Brother Elias -- 12. Years of decision -- 13. The friars and the universities -- 14. S. Bonaventura -- 15. The growth of the order -- 16. Privilege and poverty -- 17. Spirituals and conventuals -- 18. S. Clare and the Clarisses -- 19. The third order -- 20. Early Franciscan missions -- 21. The schoolmen -- 22. Franciscan literature, (1) mysticism, poetry, and preaching -- 23. Franciscan literature, (2) biography and history -- 24. The friars in the service of the church
25. The interpretation of poverty -- 26. Popes, ministers, and rebels -- 27. The friars and their critics -- 28. The friars' standard of living -- 29. The beginnings of reform -- 30. The great schism -- 31. Franciscan writers of the fourteenth century -- 32. The Clarisses in the fourteenth century -- 33. The third order in the fourteenth century -- 34. Pioneers and pilgrims
35. Observants and conventuals -- 36. Three saints -- 37. The drift towards division -- 38. The world and the cloister -- 39. Great was the company of the preachers -- 40. The old learning and the new -- 41. The revival of the second order -- 42. The development of the third order -- 43. The triumph of the observant
1. Ministers general -- 2. Vicars general of the observant -- 3. Cardinal protectors of the order.
Subject: More than twenty years after this book was first published, it is considered by scholars to be the definitive history of the early Franciscan Movement. Moorman tells the story of the friars in the first three centuries of their existence. He highlights the impact they had on society, records the problems and disagreements within the order and indicates their contribution to the life of the world and of the Church. https://www.amazon.com/History-Franciscan-Order-Origins-Year/dp/0819909211#:~:text=Moorman%20tells%20the%20story%20of,world%20and%20of%20the%20Church.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BX3606.2.M667.F736 1968 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923000105391

PART I. During the lifetime of S. Francis ; -- 1. Francesco Bernardone -- 2. The first disciples and the first rule -- 3. The early years of the order -- 4. S. Clare and the poor ladies -- 5. Origins of the third order -- 6. Organization -- 7. The struggle for perfection -- 8. Expansion -- 9. The last years of S. Francis

PART II. From the death of S. Francis to the council of Vienne -- 10. After the death of S. Francis -- 11. Brother Elias -- 12. Years of decision -- 13. The friars and the universities -- 14. S. Bonaventura -- 15. The growth of the order -- 16. Privilege and poverty -- 17. Spirituals and conventuals -- 18. S. Clare and the Clarisses -- 19. The third order -- 20. Early Franciscan missions -- 21. The schoolmen -- 22. Franciscan literature, (1) mysticism, poetry, and preaching -- 23. Franciscan literature, (2) biography and history -- 24. The friars in the service of the church

PART III. The fourteenth century -- 25. The interpretation of poverty -- 26. Popes, ministers, and rebels -- 27. The friars and their critics -- 28. The friars' standard of living -- 29. The beginnings of reform -- 30. The great schism -- 31. Franciscan writers of the fourteenth century -- 32. The Clarisses in the fourteenth century -- 33. The third order in the fourteenth century -- 34. Pioneers and pilgrims

PART IV. The fifteenth century -- 35. Observants and conventuals -- 36. Three saints -- 37. The drift towards division -- 38. The world and the cloister -- 39. Great was the company of the preachers -- 40. The old learning and the new -- 41. The revival of the second order -- 42. The development of the third order -- 43. The triumph of the observant

APPEDIXES -- 1. Ministers general -- 2. Vicars general of the observant -- 3. Cardinal protectors of the order.

More than twenty years after this book was first published, it is considered by scholars to be the definitive history of the early Franciscan Movement. Moorman tells the story of the friars in the first three centuries of their existence. He highlights the impact they had on society, records the problems and disagreements within the order and indicates their contribution to the life of the world and of the Church.

https://www.amazon.com/History-Franciscan-Order-Origins-Year/dp/0819909211#:~:text=Moorman%20tells%20the%20story%20of,world%20and%20of%20the%20Church.

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