LEADER 03865nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910452310703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6424-2 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801464249 035 $a(CKB)2550000000100506 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000658044 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11389247 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000658044 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680991 035 $a(PQKB)10860337 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001499956 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138334 035 $a(OCoLC)797829074 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28929 035 $a(DE-B1597)478655 035 $a(OCoLC)979968166 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801464249 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138334 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10559183 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681824 035 $a(OCoLC)922997714 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000100506 100 $a20111215d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe poor and the perfect$b[electronic resource] $ethe rise of learning in the Franciscan order, 1209-1310 /$fNeslihan S?enocak 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50542-X 311 $a0-8014-5057-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tPrologue: The Challenges to the Historian -- $t1. The Formative Years, 1219-1244 -- $t2. Studying as Evangelical Perfection -- $t3. Beyond Preaching and Confession -- $t4. Paradise Lost -- $t5. The Educational System around 1310 -- $tConclusion -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tGlossary -- $tIndex 330 $aOne of the enduring ironies of medieval history is the fact that a group of Italian lay penitents, begging in sackcloths, led by a man who called himself simple and ignorant, turned in a short time into a very popular and respectable order, featuring cardinals and university professors among its ranks. Within a century of its foundation, the Order of Friars Minor could claim hundreds of permanent houses, schools, and libraries across Europe; indeed, alongside the Dominicans, they attracted the best minds and produced many outstanding scholars who were at the forefront of Western philosophical and religious thought.In The Poor and the Perfect, Neslihan ?enocak provides a grand narrative of this fascinating story in which the quintessential Franciscan virtue of simplicity gradually lost its place to learning, while studying came to be considered an integral part of evangelical perfection. Not surprisingly, turmoil accompanied this rise of learning in Francis's order. ?enocak shows how a constant emphasis on humility was unable to prevent the creation within the Order of a culture that increasingly saw education as a means to acquire prestige and domination. The damage to the diversity and equality among the early Franciscan community proved to be irreparable. But the consequences of this transformation went far beyond the Order: it contributed to a paradigm shift in the relationship between the clergy and the schools and eventually led to the association of learning with sanctity in the medieval world. As ?enocak demonstrates, this episode of Franciscan history is a microhistory of the rise of learning in the West. 606 $aLearning and scholarship$xHistory$yMedieval, 500-1500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLearning and scholarship$xHistory 676 $a271/.3 700 $aS?enocak$b Neslihan$f1972-$01031742 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452310703321 996 $aThe poor and the perfect$92449230 997 $aUNINA