The spiritual Franciscans : from protest to persecution in the century after Saint Francis / David Burr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burr, David, 1934-

Contributor:

Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franciscans--History.

Franciscans.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Peters, Edward, 1936- (donor) (Lea copy)

Physical Description:

xi, 427 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2001]

Summary:

When Saint Francis of Assisi died in 1226, he left behind an order already struggling to maintain its identity. As the Church called upon Franciscans to be bishops, professors, and inquisitors, their style of life began to change. Some in the order lamented this change and insisted on observing the strict poverty practiced by Francis himself. Others were more open to compromise. Over time, this division evolved into a genuine rift, as those who argued for strict poverty were marginalized within the order. In this book, David Burr offers the first comprehensive history of the so-called Spiritual Franciscans a protest movement within the Franciscan order. Burr shows that the movement existed more or less as a loyal opposition in the late thirteenth century, but by 1318 Pope John XXII and leaders of the order and combined to force it beyond the boundaries of legitimacy. At that point the loyal opposition turned into a heretical movement and recalcitrant friars were sent to the stake.

Contents:

The Franciscan dilemma

Protospirituals

The birth of the Usus pauper controversy: 1274-1290

Opposition in high places: 1290-1309

The council of Vienne: the spiritual Franciscan position

The council of Vienne: the community and the pope

The collapse of the Clementine settlement

John acts

Censure and condemnation

Southern France: four case histories

Southern France: some generalization

Ubertino da Casale and the controversy over Christ's poverty

Angelo Clareno and beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [395]-408) and index.

Local Notes:

Lea Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Dr. Edward Peters.

ISBN:

0271021284

OCLC:

47168715