{"product_id":"john-of-wales-a-study-of-the-works-and-ideas-of-a-thirteenth-century-friar-paperback-9780521520324","title":"John of Wales; A Study of the Works and Ideas of a Thirteenth-Century Friar (Paperback) 9780521520324","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJohn of Wales\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study of the Works and Ideas of a Thirteenth-Century Friar\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines the selected writings of John of Wales, a thirteenth-century Franciscan scholar.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJenny Swanson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521520324, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 20 June 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.449 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\"\u003eThis book examines the selected writings of John of Wales, a thirteenth-century Franciscan scholar. Though overshadowed historically by men like Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure, John contributed significantly to the preaching explosion of the later Middle Ages, devoting his scholastic energies to the production of encyclopedic preaching aids for the growing number of the devout and learned emerging from the new universities. Through a detailed analysis of his world view, the author establishes John's strong interest in politics and contemporary social issues and helps to explain why his writings appealed to young preachers and the popular imagination. John's historic popularity and literary influence are also fully explored. His works seem to have been an important source of classical material for European literary texts of the period, and therefore, in addition to historians and theologians, this unprecedented book will appeal to those interested in the survival and transmission of Greek and Latin literature.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The career of John of Wales\u003cbr\u003e 2. The works of John of Wales: sources and technique\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Breviloquium de Virtutibus Antiquorum Principum et Philosophorum\u003cbr\u003e 4. Communiloquium, part I: John of Wales on the state and its members\u003cbr\u003e 5. Communiloquium, parts 2 and 3: John of Wales on secular society\u003cbr\u003e 6. Communiloquium, parts 4–7: John of Wales on scholars and churchmen\u003cbr\u003e 7. Philosophers and saints: the Compendiloquium and Breviloquium de Sapientia Sanctorum of John of Wales\u003cbr\u003e 8. The works of John of wales: spread and influence\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\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":46019761275160,"sku":"9780521520324","price":34.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521520324i_06e2977b-c88c-451c-a785-c67ee256ccb0.jpg?v=1691383578","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/john-of-wales-a-study-of-the-works-and-ideas-of-a-thirteenth-century-friar-paperback-9780521520324","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}