Carmel in Medieval Catalonia / / Jill Webster.

• Superior document: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 23
• VerfasserIn: Webster, Jill,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1999.
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 23.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This volume traces the development of Carmelite foundations in Medieval Catalonia and shows how they reflected the dichotomy between the Order's eremitical origins and the active mendicant apostolate in which it was engaged. In discussing Carmelite life in an urban setting, mention is made of secular involvement with its positive and negative effects, popular piety and miraculous sightings and outstanding intellectual achievement. The conclusion raises the question that Carmelite friars might have migrated to Europe at an earlier date than traditionally suggested; similarly, that the inaccurate foundation document for Peralada dated 1206 was a fourteenth-century falsification. The appendices provide supplementary material: archival documents, names of priors, royal chaplains, students and graduates and finally an alphabetical list of known medieval Catalan Carmelites. A bibliography and index complete the volume.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Map giving location of Carmelite houses -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Forward in Faith 1 -- 2. The Migration of the Hermits to Europe 17 -- 3. The First Years in Catalonia 43 -- 4. The Attainment of Intellectual Distinction 79 -- 5. The Two-sided Coin of Secular Involvement 101 -- 6. Conclusion 127 -- App. 1. Documents 135 -- App. 2. Priors and lectors 143 -- App. 3. Graduates and Students 147 -- App. 4. Royal Chaplains 148 -- App. 5. Alphabetical list of friars 149 -- Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources 183 -- General Index 191.