{"product_id":"early-franciscan-government-ellias-to-bonaventure-paperback-9780521547987","title":"Early Franciscan Government; Ellias to Bonaventure (Paperback) 9780521547987","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEarly Franciscan Government\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEllias to Bonaventure\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe early conflicts of the Franciscan order revealed as more complex and interesting than contemporary historians allowed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRosalind B. Brooke (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521547987, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 5 February 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe early historians of the Franciscan order traced the causes of the troubles of the order in their time to Elias, a contemporary and friend of St Francis and an early Minister General. Elias was blamed for opening the way to all relaxations of discipline and disregard of the founder's teaching, and all conflicts and persecutions. Mrs Brooke shows that responsibility cannot be placed on one man, but on many of the early friars. She gives a more historical account of Elias, showing that he was never as dominant a figure as has been supposed. The early conflicts of the order are shown to have been more complex, more interesting and more probable than the fourteenth-century controversialists would allow. The second part of the book describes the achievements of Elias's successors as Minister General, and the important laws they passed. Mrs Brooke has been able to reconstruct the early constitutions, now lost, in greater detail than has previously been attempted.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e The Minister General, 1209–74\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: the narrative sources for the History of Elias\u003cbr\u003e 2. Hugolino and the Ministers of St Francis\u003cbr\u003e 3. The character and significance of John Parenti\u003cbr\u003e 4. Elias' generalate, 1232–9\u003cbr\u003e 5. Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e 6. Prologue\u003cbr\u003e 7. Albert of Pisa\u003cbr\u003e 8. Haymo of Faversham\u003cbr\u003e 9. The constitutions of 1239–60\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019810328856,"sku":"9780521547987","price":28.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521547987i_43d436e6-601d-4fc7-b533-4049711e16c8.jpg?v=1691369523","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/early-franciscan-government-ellias-to-bonaventure-paperback-9780521547987","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}