The friars in Ireland, 1224-1540 / Colmán Ó Clabaigh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ó Clabaigh, Colmán N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders--Ireland--History--600-1500.

Monasticism and religious orders.

Friars--Ireland--History--To 1500.

Friars.

Friars--Ireland--History--16th century.

Religion.

Church history.

History.

Ireland--Church history--600-1500.

Ireland.

Ireland--Church history--16th century.

Ireland--Religion.

Physical Description:

xxv, 389 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Four Courts Press, [2012]

Summary:

This work surveys the history, lifestyle and impact of the friars in Ireland from the arrival of the Dominicans in 1224 to the Henrician campaign to dissolve the religious houses in 1540. It constitutes the first attempt to examine the mendicant phenomenon as a whole rather than focusing on individual orders and friaries. The first three chapters give a chronological overview of the arrival and initial expansion of the friars in the thirteenth century, through the upheavals of the fourteenth century and the emergence of vigorous reform parties within each order in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The second section consists of seven chapters that examine discrete aspects of mendicant lifestyle and ministry. These include analyses of the friars' relationships with their patrons, benefactors and critics. The mendicant lifestyle forms the subject of one chapter, as does the friars' efficacy as preachers, confessors and counselors. Particular attention is devoted to the educational and formation structures within each order, as well as to devotional and liturgical activities. The art and architecture of the friaries is examined in another chapter. The volume concludes with an epilogue detailing the developments and upheavals in Irish mendicant life during the tumultuous decade between 1530 and 1540. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The coming of tie friars 1

2 Discord, division and death, 1290-1390 30

3 Recovery and reform, 1390-1530 53

4 The friars and their patrons 87

5 The lifestyle of the friars 118

6 The friars and their critics 143

7 Liturgy and devotion 169

8 Architecture and art 202

9 Forming the friars 260

10 The pastoral impact of the friars 285.

ISBN:

9781846822247

1846822246

9781846822254

1846822254

OCLC:

781993651