Defenders and critics of Franciscan life : essays in honor of John V. Fleming / edited by Michael F. Cusato & G. Geltner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fleming, John V.

Cusato, Michael F.

Geltner, G. (Guy), 1974-

Series:

Medieval Franciscans ; v. 6.

The medieval Franciscans, 1572-6991 ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monastic and religious life--Congresses.

Monastic and religious life.

Franciscans--Congresses.

Franciscans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The essays in this volume were presented at a conference honoring John V. Fleming at Princeton University on April 21-22, 2004. The aim of the conference was to revisit Fleming's 1977 book, An Introduction to the Franciscan Literature of the Middle Ages, from a number of different perspectives, including social, religious and literary history, as well as art, exegesis, political thought and the history of education. A prominent, but not exclusive, theme of the contributions is the distinction between "defenders" and "critics" of medieval Franciscanism. Recent scholarship has shown that the dividing line between medieval defenders and critics of Franciscan life was not as sharp or as clear as had once been thought. This, more nuanced approach to medieval Franciscanism is a reflection of the many scholarly developments that have occurred since - and as a result of - Fleming's volume. The present work offers a selection of current approaches to the question.

Contents:

Editors' introduction

Preface: A literary apostolate : John Fleming and the Franciscan literature of the middle ages / D. Vance Smith

Part I: Franciscan exegesis

Francis of Assisi, deacon : an examination of the claims of the earliest Franciscan sources, 1229-1235 / Michael F. Cusato

Tobit's dog and the dangers of literalism : William Woodford, O.F.M., as critic of Wycliff's exegesis / Alastair Minnis

Part II: Students and scholars

Franciscan learning : university education and biblical exegesis / William J. Courtenay

Using, not owning duties, not rights : the consequences of some Franciscan perspectives on politics / Janet Coleman

Langland and the Franciscans on dominium / Lawrence M. Clopper

William of St. Amour's De periculis novissimorum temporum : a false start to medieval anit-fraternalism? / G. Geltner

Part III: Franciscan critics and critics of theGranciscans

History as prophecy : Angelo Clareno's chronicle as a spiritual Franciscan apocalypse / David Burr

Views of John XXII as a heretical pope / Patrick Nold

Kicking the habit : the campaign against the friars in a fourteenth-century encyclopedia / Penn Szittya

Si Sind all Glichsner : anti-fraternalism in Medieval and Renaissance German literature / Geoffrey Dipple

Part IV: Franciscan legacies

Imitatio francisci : the influence of Francis of Assisi on late medieval religious life / Lester K. Little

Louis IX : preaching to Franciscan and Dominican brothers and nuns / William Chester Jordan

Preaching as playwriting : a semi-dramatic sermon of the fifteenth century / Katherine l. Jansen.

Notes:

Essays were presented at a conference honoring John V. Fleming at Princeton University on Apr. 21-22, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-40143-2

9786612401435

90-474-2974-5

OCLC:

573925538

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004176300.i-256 DOI