Structures of reform : : the mercedarian order in the spanish golden age. /

Structures of reform : : the mercedarian order in the spanish golden age. / / by Bruce Taylor.

During the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries the Mercedarian Order of friars, founded in the 1220s, underwent a period of reform from which it emerged utterly transformed. This study sets out to examine not only the context of that reform - the policies of the crown and the papacy, the conditi...

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Superior document:Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions: Medieval and Early Modern Peoples ; 12
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Taylor, Bruce, 1967-
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston ;, Koln : : Brill,, [2000]
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Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
Series:Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions: Medieval and Early Modern Peoples ; 12.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on Terms and Names
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Change and Continuity: The Order from its Origins to 1467
  • 2. New Frontiers: The Rise of Castile (1467-1561)
  • 3. Reform and Government
  • 4. An Order to be Reformed (1561-7)
  • 5. The Path to Reform (1567-70)
  • 6. The Progress of Reform (1570-5)
  • 7. The Crisis of Reform (1575-93)
  • 8. A New Order (1593-1648)
  • Conclusion: Structures of Reform
  • Appendix I. Provinces, Chapters and Officers (1420-1648)
  • Appendix II. Major Visitation Campaigns (1567-85)
  • Appendix III. Mercedarian Demography: Numbers of Religious and Houses
  • Maps A & B. The Mercedarian Order, 1500-1650: Houses, Provinces and Ransoming Destinations
  • Glossary
  • Sources and Bibliography
  • Index.

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