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

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

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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...