The other friars: the Carmelite, Augustinian, Sack and Pied friars in the Middle Ages
In 1274 the Council of Lyons decreed the end of various 'new orders' of Mendicants which had emerged during the great push for evangelism and poverty in the thirteenth-century Latin Church. The Franciscans and Dominicans were explicitly excluded, while the Carmelites and Austin friars were...
| Summary: | In 1274 the Council of Lyons decreed the end of various 'new orders' of Mendicants which had emerged during the great push for evangelism and poverty in the thirteenth-century Latin Church. The Franciscans and Dominicans were explicitly excluded, while the Carmelites and Austin friars were allowed a stay of execution. These last two were eventually able to acquire approval, but other smaller groups, in particular the Friars of the Sack and Pied Friars, were forced to disband. This book outlines the history of those who were threatened by 1274, tracing the development of the two larger orders down to the Council of Trent, and following the fragmentary sources for the brief histories of the discontinued friaries. For the first time these orders are treated comparatively: the volume offers a total history, from their origins, spirituality and pastoral impact, to their music, buildings and runaways. FRANCES ANDREWS teaches at the University of St Andrews and is the author of The Early Humiliati (CUP 1999). Introduction -- PART ONE: THE CARMELITES: Origins and early history -- The geographical dispersal of the order -- Daily life -- Later history and the development of a historiographical tradition -- PART TWO: THE AUGUSTINIAN OR AUSTIN FRIARS: From hermits to mendicants -- In the world -- The community within the walls -- Beyond the cloister -- Learning -- Reform and observance -- PART THREE: THE ORDERS DISCONTINUED AFTER LYONS, 1274: The Friars of the Penitence of Jesus Christ, or Sack Friars -- The Friars of Blessed Mary of Areno, or Pied Friars -- Epilogue: Success and failure in the late-Medieval church |
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| ISBN: | 1846154979 |