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The Franciscan Order in the Medieval English Province and Beyond
296 Pages
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Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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Commemorating John Moorman's immense contribution to Franciscan history across five decades, the essays in this collection reflect upon Moorman's diverse writings on biography, hagiography, history, art, and prosopography. Contributors draw upon Moorman's diaries and his materials for a biographical register of the Franciscans in medieval England. The volume is in tune with recent developments in... Read more
List of Illustrations, Preface, Part I: John Moorman and his Franciscan Studies, 1. John Moorman, a Franciscan historian, 2. Catching the Franciscan spirit: John Moorman and St Francis in his student days, Part II: The Order of Friars Minor in England, 3. Images of Franciscans and Dominicans in a manuscript of Alexander Nequam's Florilegium (Cambridge University Library, MS Gg.6.42), 4. A biographical register of the English province of the Greyfriars: a sample drawn from the custody of York, 5. The Economic Foundations of the Franciscan custody of Cambridge, 6. The Franciscans and their Graves in Medieval London, 7. Late Medieval Franciscan Preaching in England, Part III: The Friars and the Schools 8. Adam Marsh at Oxford, 9. The theological use of science at the Oxford Franciscan School, 10. English Franciscans and their influence on the early history of the order, 11. Who destroyed Assisi?, Appendix
Biography
Michael Robson is a Fellow of St Edmund’s College, Cambridge. Patrick Zutshi is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
