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The Poor and the Perfect: The Rise of Learning in the Franciscan Order, 1209–1310 Neslihan Senocak
The Poor and the Perfect: The Rise of Learning in the Franciscan Order, 1209–1310
Neslihan Senocak
One of the enduring ironies of medieval history is the fact that a group of Italian lay penitents, begging in sackcloths, led by a man who called himself simple and ignorant, turned in a short time into a very popular and respectable order, featuring cardinals and university professors among its ranks. Within a century of its foundation, the...
280 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 20, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780801450570 |
| Publishers | Cornell University Press |
| Pages | 294 |
| Dimensions | 241 × 168 × 23 mm · 557 g |
| Language | English |