03007nam 2200613 a 450 991045526650332120210519185014.01-282-39838-5978661239838490-474-4306-310.1163/ej.9789004166516.i-227(CKB)1000000000821838(EBL)468194(OCoLC)647872769(SSID)ssj0000336302(PQKBManifestationID)11234049(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336302(PQKBWorkID)10282026(PQKB)11573040(MiAaPQ)EBC468194(nllekb)BRILL9789047443063(PPN)184923719(Au-PeEL)EBL468194(CaPaEBR)ebr10363919(CaONFJC)MIL239838(EXLCZ)99100000000082183820080620d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCreating Clare of Assisi[electronic resource] female Franciscan identities in later medieval Italy /by Lezlie S. KnoxLeiden ;Boston Brill20081 online resource (243 p.)The medieval Franciscans,1572-6991 ;v. 5Description based upon print version of record.90-04-16651-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-213) and index.The friars and sisters -- Clare and the Poor Sisters of San Damiano -- The Order of Saint Clare -- Beyond Clare : a Franciscan centered order -- The Clarisses and observant reform -- Writing female Franciscan identity -- Conclusion: The true daughters of Francis and Clare.Earlier scholarship has characterized female Franciscanism as an institution established by Clare of Assisi in collaboration with Saint Francis. This understanding is anachronistic, however, and overlooks the more complicated disputes over what it meant for enclosed women to have a mendicant vocation. This book clarifies Clare’s contributions to these debates by distinguishing the historical figure from the uses made of her legacy by the papacy, the Friars Minor, and, most importantly, the enclosed sisters between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. By examining the diversity of female communities and their complicated institutional formation in medieval Italy, it examines how and when Clare was appropriated as a model of spiritual authority by the women to shape their identity as Franciscans.Medieval Franciscans ;v. 5.Monastic and religious life of womenItalyHistoryMiddle Ages, 600-1500Electronic books.Monastic and religious life of womenHistory271/.97302Knox Lezlie S933556MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455266503321Creating Clare of Assisi2101776UNINA