A Companion to Observant Reform in the Late Middle Ages and Beyond.

• Superior document: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition Series ; v.59
• Author: Mixson, James.
• TeilnehmendeR: Roest, Bert.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2015.; Ã2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (445 pages)

The Observant reform of the religious orders remains one of the most important yet understudied religious movements of the later Middle Ages. This volume provides scholars with a current, synthetic introduction to the field, and suggests new avenues for future scholarship.

Table of Contents

Intro -- A Companion to Observant Reform in the Late Middle Ages and Beyond -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- PART 1: Observant Reform as Institutional Reform -- 1: Ecclesiastical Institutions and Religious Life in the Observant Century -- 2: Observant Reform's Conceptual Frameworks between Principle and Practice -- 3: Dynamics of Regulation, Innovation, and Invention -- 4: 'Observance' as Paradigm in Mendicant and Monastic Order Chronicles -- PART 2: Observant Reform, Society and Culture -- 5: 'Quomodo discet sine docente?' Observant Efforts towards Education and Pastoral Care -- 6: Bernardino da Siena and Observant Preaching as a Vehicle for Religious Transformation -- 7: Pawn Broking between Theory and Practice in Observant Socio-Economic Thought -- 8: Reformers on Sorcery and Superstition -- 9: Female Mysticism, Heterodoxy, and Reform -- PART 3: Observant Legacies -- 10: The Observance and the Confrontation with Early Protestantism -- 11: The Spanish Jeronymites' Incorporation of the Isidrites in 1567 -- 12: From Reconquista to Mission in the Early Modern World -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index.