Order and Disorder : The Poor Clares Between Foundation and Reform

Bert Roest

ISBN 10: 9004243631 / ISBN 13: 9789004243637

Published by Brill Jan 2013, 2013

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Neuware - In Order and Disorder: The Poor Clares between Foundation and Reform, Bert Roest provides an up-to-date and comprehensive history of the Poor Clares from their early beginnings until the sixteenth century. With recourse to the available secondary literature and a wealth of primary sources, this book shows how the early history of the Poor Clares cannot be reduced to Franciscan initiatives, and that the institutionalization of the order was characterized by prolonged conflicts and a series of important papal interventions. The work also provides insight in the expansion of the order, the complexities of religious reforms, and the significant cultural production of the women involved.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Order and Disorder : The Poor Clares Between Foundation and Reform
• Publisher: Brill Jan 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004243631
• ISBN 13: 9789004243637
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 239W x 163H x 30D millimeters 239 millimeters width by 163 millimeters height by 30 millimeters depth
• Weight: 794 grams

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Synopsis

In Order and Disorder: The Poor Clares between Foundation and Reform, Bert Roest provides an up-to-date and comprehensive history of the Poor Clares from their early beginnings until the sixteenth century. With recourse to the available secondary literature and a wealth of primary sources, this book shows how the early history of the Poor Clares cannot be reduced to Franciscan initiatives, and that the institutionalization of the order was characterized by prolonged conflicts and a series of important papal interventions. The work also provides insight in the expansion of the order, the complexities of religious reforms, and the significant cultural production of the women involved.

About the Author

Bert Roest, Ph.D. (1965) teaches Medieval History at the Radboud University Nijmegen. He has published books and numerous articles on the medieval Franciscans and the Poor Clares, including Franciscan Literature of Religious Instruction before the Council of Trent (Brill, 2004).