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The Friars

The Impact of the Early Mendicant Movement on Western Society

The Friars( )
Author: Lawrence, C. H.
Series title:The Medieval World Ser.
ISBN:978-0-582-05632-9
Publication Date:Apr 1995
Publisher:Longman Publishing Group
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $48.00
Book Description:

A study of the origins, growth and influence of the mendicant preaching orders that arose in the early thirteenth century around the charismatic figures of St Francis and St Dominic, to help the medieval Church confront the challenge of an increasingly confident, secular and independent-minded age. Lawrence's approach is primarily social and political: he shows how papal patronage turned the armies of holy beggars into a disciplined force for orthodoxy, and he analyses the...
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Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Religious
Religion / Christian Church / History
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.421 x 8.424 x 0.546 Inches
Book Weight:1.531 Pounds



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