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Franciscan Literature of Religious Instruction before the Council of Trent
Series: - Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, Volume: 117
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This book provides, for the first time, an exhaustive discussion of the Franciscan production of texts of religious instruction during the later medieval period (c. 1210-c. 1550). In eight chapters, it introduces the reader to the most important Franciscan sermon cycles, the Franciscan guidelines for living the life of evangelical perfection, the many Franciscan novice training manuals, the Franciscan catechisms and confession manuals, the Franciscan output of liturgical handbooks, the large number of Franciscan texts containing more wide-ranging forms of religious edification, and Franciscan prayer guides.
This book provides medievalists and Renaissance scholars alike with a new tool to assess the intellectual and religious transformations between the thirteenth and the sixteenth century, and contributes to the current re-interpretation of the late medieval pastoral revolution.
This book provides medievalists and Renaissance scholars alike with a new tool to assess the intellectual and religious transformations between the thirteenth and the sixteenth century, and contributes to the current re-interpretation of the late medieval pastoral revolution.
Bert Roest, Ph.D. (1996) University of Groningen, is Visiting Professor of Franciscan Studies at St. Bonaventure University, NY. He has published extensively on later medieval and early modern intellectual history. His publications include A History of Franciscan Education (Brill, 2000) and (together with Stephen Gersh) Medieval and Renaissance Humanism. Rhetoric, Representation and Reform (Brill, 2003).
'Some scholars have a particular talent to synthesize large amounts of information and provide amazing research tools for others. Bert Roest is among those.'
Jean-Francois Godet-Calogeras, Franciscan Studies, 2005.
Who could ask for more?
David Burr, Speculum
Jean-Francois Godet-Calogeras, Franciscan Studies, 2005.
Who could ask for more?
David Burr, Speculum
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Franciscan Preaching as Religious Instruction
2. Religious Instruction in Rules, Rule Commentaries and Constitutions
3. Rules and Treatises for Novice Training
4. Franciscan Catechisms
5. Confession Handbooks
6. Instructory Works for the Mass and the Divine Office
7. Works of Religious Edification
8. Prayer Guides
Bibliography of secondary sources
Index of authors
Index of works
Introduction
1. Franciscan Preaching as Religious Instruction
2. Religious Instruction in Rules, Rule Commentaries and Constitutions
3. Rules and Treatises for Novice Training
4. Franciscan Catechisms
5. Confession Handbooks
6. Instructory Works for the Mass and the Divine Office
7. Works of Religious Edification
8. Prayer Guides
Bibliography of secondary sources
Index of authors
Index of works
All those interested in Franciscan studies, later medieval and Renaissance religious history, sermon studies, the background of the European reformation and the history of the Church.