The Poor and the Perfect: The Rise of Learning in the Franciscan Order, 1209-1310

Author/Contributor(s):	Senocak, Neslihan
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	04/15/2019
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

One of the enduring ironies of medieval history is the fact that a group of Italian lay penitents, begging in sackcloths, led by a man who called himself simple and ignorant, turned in a short time into a very popular and respectable order, featuring cardinals and university professors among its ranks. Within a century of its foundation, the...