The Friars: The Impact of the Mendicant Orders on Medieval Society
Ebook
The mendicant friars of the Franciscan and Dominican orders played a unique and important role in medieval society. In the early thirteenth century, the Church was being challenged by a confident new secular culture, associated with the growth of towns, the rise of literature and articulate laity, the development of new sciences and the creation of the first universities. The mendicant orders which developed around the charismatic figures of Saint Francis of Assisi (founder of the Franciscans) and Saint Dominic of Osma (founder of the Dominicans) confronted this challenge by encouraging preachers to go out into the world to do God's work, rather than retiring into enclosed monasteries. C.H. Lawrence here analyses the origins and growth of these orders, as well as the impact which they had upon the medieval world - in the areas of politics and education as well as religion. His study is essential reading for all scholars and students of medieval history.
The mendicant friars of the Franciscan and Dominican orders played a unique role in medieval society. The mendicant orders which developed then confronted a rising secular challenge.C.H Lawrence analyses their growth and impact upon the medieval world.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations used in the footnotes
Preface to the New Edition
Chapter 1 The Medieval Church in Crisis
Chapter 2 St Francis of Assisi and the Origins of the Friars Minor
Chapter 3 The Growth of the Friars Minor, Crisis and Change
Chapter 4 St Dominic and the Order of Friars Preachers
Chapter 5 New Brethren
Chapter 6 The Mission to the Towns
Chapter 7 The Capture of the Schools
Chapter 8 The Complaint of the Clergy
Chapter 9 In the Houses of Kings
Chapter 10 In the Service of the Papacy
Chapter 11 Afar unto the Gentiles
Epilogue: Loss and Gain
Bibliography
Index
- Title: The Friars: The Impact of the Mendicant Orders on Medieval Society
- Author: Cathi Lawrence
- Publisher: I.B. Tauris
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780857732989, 0857732986
- Resource ID: LLS:9780857732989
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-04T10:05:41Z
C.H. Lawrence is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at Royal Holloway, University of London. His books include St Edmund of Abingdon, The English Church and the Papacy in the Middle Ages, Medieval Monasticism, The Life of St Edmund by Matthew Paris (ed.) and The Letters of Adam Marsh.