Observant Memory and Propaganda in Johannes of Mainz's Vita fratrum predicatorum conventus Basiliensis (1442-1444)
This article presents an unpublished and largely unexplored source written in Basel during the international church council, the Vita fratrum predicatorum conventus Basiliensis (1442-1444). It deals with the reform of the Dominican friary, which was effectuated just before the start of the council t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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Church history
Year: 2018, Volume: 87, Issue: 3, Pages: 718-739 |
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John, von Mainz -1457, Vita fratrum predicatorum conventus Basiliensis
/ Dominikaner
/ Reform
/ Observanten
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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| Summary: | This article presents an unpublished and largely unexplored source written in Basel during the international church council, the Vita fratrum predicatorum conventus Basiliensis (1442-1444). It deals with the reform of the Dominican friary, which was effectuated just before the start of the council to prevent scandals. Johannes of Mainz, its author, was the first lector of the reformed friary and wrote the text to corroborate the reformed religious identity of his community. He presented the reform of the Basel friarywhich aroused fervent opposition of the original inhabitantsas a new episode in the history of salvation. A second part of the Vita fratrum eulogized the characteristics that Observant friars have in common. By othering Conventual friars and by depicting their horrible deaths, Johannes tried both to convince the Observant Basel friars of their superiority over Conventuals and to exhort them to stick to an Observant lifestyle. Unfaithful friars, the narrative warned, were eradicated from the celestial vineyard. For the last part of the Vita fratrum, which presents the most fruitful plants of the vineyard, Johannes of Mainz drew up personal and original biographies of contemporary Dominicans, such as Johannes Nider (d. 1438), who is presented as a mirror of observance and a doctor of souls. |
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| ISSN: | 1755-2613 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0009640718001592 |