The Privilege of Poverty: Clare of Assisi, Agnes of Prague and the Struggle for a Franciscan Rule for Women
Believing that historians have long underestimated early Franciscan women, Joan Mueller presents the story of how two of these women, Clare of Assisi and Agnes of Prague, negotiated the intricacies of ecclesial and secular politics in order to gain official acknowledgement of their identity as Franc...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2009, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 174-175 |
| Review of: | The privilege of poverty (University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006) (Helton, Christopher R.)
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| Summary: | Believing that historians have long underestimated early Franciscan women, Joan Mueller presents the story of how two of these women, Clare of Assisi and Agnes of Prague, negotiated the intricacies of ecclesial and secular politics in order to gain official acknowledgement of their identity as Franciscans. Essential to establishing this identity was gaining papal approval for a rule built around an ideal of radical poverty., The narrative begins with Clare of Assisi leaving home and family to follow Francis of Assisi in a life of evangelical poverty. It reaches its climax when Clare, on her death bed, kisses the newly arrived letter which grants papal approval to her rule. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csp023 |