The Rise of Learning in the Franciscan Order, 1209–1310
by
Neslihan Şenocak
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
One 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....