The mendicant friars of the Franciscan and Dominican orders played a unique and important role in medieval society. In the early thirteenth century, the Church was being challenged by a confident new secular culture, associated with the growth of towns, the rise of literature and articulate laity, the development of new sciences and the creation of the first universities. The mendicant orders which developed around the charismatic figures of Saint Francis of Assisi (founder of the Franciscans) and Saint Dominic of Osma (founder of the Dominicans) confronted this challenge by encouraging preachers to go out into the world to do God's work, rather than retiring into enclosed monasteries.
C.H. Lawrence here analyses the origins and growth of these orders, as well as the impact which they had upon the medieval world - in the areas of politics and education as well as religion. His study is essential reading for all scholars and students of medieval history.
| ISBN: | 9781780764672 |
| Publication date: | 7th February 2013 |
| Author: | C H Lawrence |
| Publisher: | I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 264 pages |
| Genres: |
Study and learning skills: general Religious communities and monasticism Social and cultural history History of religion Christian Churches, denominations, groups Christian life and practice Spirituality and religious experience Religious institutions and organizations Christianity History History and Archaeology |
The mendicant friars of the Franciscan and Dominican orders played a unique and important role in medieval society. In the early thirteenth century, the Church was being challenged by a confident new secular culture, associated with the growth of towns, the rise of literature and articulate laity, the development of new sciences and the creation of the first universities.
The Friars features in the following genres: Study and learning skills: general, Religious communities and monasticism, Social and cultural history, History of religion, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Christian life and practice, Spirituality and religious experience, Religious institutions and organizations, Christianity, History, History and Archaeology
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The Friars was written by C H Lawrence and published by I.B. Tauris an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
The Friars has 264 pages