Research Catalog

Title

Franciscan virtue : spiritual growth and the virtues in Franciscan literature and instruction of the thirteenth century / by Krijn Pansters.

Author

Pansters, Krijn, 1975-

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

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Description

xiv, 310 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

Providing an in-depth analysis of the virtues of evangelical life according to three major Franciscan authors, this book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of how the virtues functioned as central, organizing elements in early Franciscan literature and instruction.

Series Statement

Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; v. 161

Uniform Title

Studies in the history of Christian traditions v. 161.

Subject

• Franciscans > History
• Spiritual formation
• Virtue
• Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500
• RELIGION / Christian Life / General

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Virtue. Background -- Material object : Franciscan virtue -- Selection : authors and sources -- Selection : virtues -- Problems of research : contents -- Problems of research : canon -- Method -- Formal object : history, morality, spirituality -- Medieval virtue -- Franciscan virtue -- Virtues. Charity -- Obedience -- Goodness -- Truth -- Faith -- Humility -- Joy -- Poverty -- Penance -- Peace -- The virtue of virtue. Configuration -- Conceptualization -- Systematization -- Elaboration -- Progression -- Perfection -- Contextualization -- Conclusion -- Appendices. The virtues in the opuscula sancti Francisci Assisiensis -- Bibliographical overview -- Instances of habitus datus.

ISBN

• 9789004221567 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9004221565 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011046096

OCLC

762135030

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library