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Carmel in Medieval Catalonia
Series: - The Medieval Mediterranean, Volume: 23
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This volume traces the development of Carmelite foundations in Medieval Catalonia and shows how they reflected the dichotomy between the Order's eremitical origins and the active mendicant apostolate in which it was engaged.
In discussing Carmelite life in an urban setting, mention is made of secular involvement with its positive and negative effects, popular piety and miraculous sightings and outstanding intellectual achievement. The conclusion raises the question that Carmelite friars might have migrated to Europe at an earlier date than traditionally suggested; similarly, that the inaccurate foundation document for Peralada dated 1206 was a fourteenth-century falsification.
The appendices provide supplementary material: archival documents, names of priors, royal chaplains, students and graduates and finally an alphabetical list of known medieval Catalan Carmelites. A bibliography and index complete the volume.
In discussing Carmelite life in an urban setting, mention is made of secular involvement with its positive and negative effects, popular piety and miraculous sightings and outstanding intellectual achievement. The conclusion raises the question that Carmelite friars might have migrated to Europe at an earlier date than traditionally suggested; similarly, that the inaccurate foundation document for Peralada dated 1206 was a fourteenth-century falsification.
The appendices provide supplementary material: archival documents, names of priors, royal chaplains, students and graduates and finally an alphabetical list of known medieval Catalan Carmelites. A bibliography and index complete the volume.
Jill R. Webster, Ph.D. (Toronto, 1969), FRS (Canada): Publications include Els Menorets: A History of the Franciscans in the Realms of Aragon (Toronto, 1993): Per Déu o per diners: Els mendicants i el clergat al país valencià (Valencia, 1998).
'This book is an important and innovative contribution to the history of mendicant orders.'
Thomas Turley, Speculum, 2001.
Thomas Turley, Speculum, 2001.
Abbreviations
Glossary
Map giving location of Carmelite houses
Illustrations
Preface
1. Forward in Faith 1
2. The Migration of the Hermits to Europe 17
3. The First Years in Catalonia 43
4. The Attainment of Intellectual Distinction 79
5. The Two-sided Coin of Secular Involvement 101
6. Conclusion 127
App. 1. Documents 135
App. 2. Priors and lectors 143
App. 3. Graduates and Students 147
App. 4. Royal Chaplains 148
App. 5. Alphabetical list of friars 149
Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources 183
General Index 191
Glossary
Map giving location of Carmelite houses
Illustrations
Preface
1. Forward in Faith 1
2. The Migration of the Hermits to Europe 17
3. The First Years in Catalonia 43
4. The Attainment of Intellectual Distinction 79
5. The Two-sided Coin of Secular Involvement 101
6. Conclusion 127
App. 1. Documents 135
App. 2. Priors and lectors 143
App. 3. Graduates and Students 147
App. 4. Royal Chaplains 148
App. 5. Alphabetical list of friars 149
Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources 183
General Index 191
Historians of the Crown of Aragon, Carmelites, those interested in religious, social, urban and intellectual history and Medieval Studies, the Mendicant Friars in Europe, confraternities, popular piety, art and architecture.