03185nam 2200625 a 450 991082055400332120200520144314.01-283-12103-4978661312103590-04-20316-810.1163/ej.9789004203150.i-350(CKB)2670000000092677(EBL)717628(OCoLC)727948462(SSID)ssj0000503018(PQKBManifestationID)12178306(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000503018(PQKBWorkID)10450977(PQKB)10234687(MiAaPQ)EBC717628(OCoLC)698360631(nllekb)BRILL9789004203167(Au-PeEL)EBL717628(CaPaEBR)ebr10470613(CaONFJC)MIL312103(PPN)174393210(EXLCZ)99267000000009267720110114d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTaming a brood of vipers[electronic resource] conflict and change in fourteenth-century Dominican convents /by Michael A. VargasBoston Brill20111 online resource (362 p.)Medieval and early modern Iberian world,1569-1934 ;v. 42Description based upon print version of record.90-04-20315-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Success and successors -- The contentious birth of a new province -- Growth, crisis and recovery -- Bad-boy friars and complicit leaders -- Friar-youths and troublesome others -- Office and official -- Challenged vows -- In defense of corporate honor.Gamblers, cheats, womanizers and thieves, and cranky reformers who wanted their old Order back, flesh-and-blood men with complicated desires and knotty dispositions. Opening a rich trove of sources – the annual chapter acts of the Dominican Order’s Province of Aragon – Michael Vargas uncovers the costly successes and institutional weaknesses that contributed to the distressing realities of Dominican conventual life in the troubled fourteenth century. Taming a Brood of Vipers finds Dominican friars engaged in activities very much at odds with our sense of the way it should have been, but removing the moral overlay makes the conflict and apparent indiscipline in Dominican religious communities more intelligible and more appreciably human. Winner of the 2013 La corónica International Book Award , given annually by the Modern Language Association Division on Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures for the best monograph published on Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.Medieval and early modern Iberian world ;v. 42.Fourteenth centuryAragon (Spain)Church historyFourteenth century.271/.20465509023Vargas Michael A942218MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820554003321Taming a brood of vipers4066888UNINA