Friars and their influence in Medieval Spain / edited by Francisco García-Serrano.

This book explores how the Spanish kingdoms were highly influenced by the arrival of the Dominican and Franciscan friars in the thirteenth century. The Dominicans and the Franciscans, who were already very active in the Peninsula in the life of their founder, Francis of Assisi, were particularly prominent. The Dominican and Franciscan friars were to have an enormous impact, pervading almost every aspect of the society of late medieval Spain. In a revolutionary break from the Church's past these religious were heavily involved in the world, in preaching the message of the Gospel to the laity, while in education, they produced many of the greatest scholars of the age. Likewise, they transformed urban life, becoming an essential part of the fabric of the late medieval city. Equally the friars transformed the hierarchy of the Church, often taking up major positions in the episcopate. The friars were to the fore in the establishment of the Inquisition in the Crown of Aragon and, for very similar reasons, played the major part in attempting to teach the Gospel message to the Muslims as the Christian kingdoms expanded to the south. They greatly influenced the policies of monarchs such as that of James I of Aragon and Ferdinand III of Castile. Their missions in the towns and their educational role, as well as their strong associations with the papacy and the crown, often lead them into conflict with other religious and with secular society. They also suffered internal tensions and major splits. They were to be both widely admired and the subject of biting literary satire. Francisco García-Serrano ultimately argues how the story of medieval Spain cannot possibly be told without these important groups of friars.

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Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Francisco García-Serrano; 1. Dominicus Hispanus; Adeline Rucquoi; 2. Ramon de Penyafort and His Influence; Damian J. Smith; 3. The Mendicant Orders and the Castilian Monarchy in the Reign of Ferdinand III; María del Mar Graña Cid; 4. Ramon Marti, the Trinity, and the Limits of Dominican Mission; Thomas E. Burman; 5. Narrative and Counter-Narrative: Dominican and Muslim Preaching in Medieval Iberia; Linda G. Jones*; 6. The Poor Clares of Alcocer and the Castilian Crown (Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries)

Pablo Martín Prieto7. Friars and Nuns: Dominican Economy and Religious Identity in Medieval Castile; Francisco García-Serrano; 8. Networks of Dissent and the Franciscans of the Crown of Aragon; Emily E. Graham; 9. Faction, Politics, and Dominican Inquisitors in the Fourteenth-Century Crown of Aragon; Robin Vose; 10. Sutzura e viltat carnal: The Place of Sin and Lust in the Treatises of the Franciscan Francesc Eiximenis (c.1400); Víctor Farías Zurita; 11. Valencian Dominicans beyond the Convent of Santo Domingo; Taryn E.L. Chubb

12. Ferdinand of Antequera and Santo Domingo el Real de Toledo: Patronage, Advice, and Spiritual Favour (c.1390-1416)Francisco de Paula Cañas Gálvez; Index; List of Illustrations; Figure 1 Retable of Bonifacio Ferrer, 1396-1398, tempera on panel. Museu de Belles Artes, Valencia. Source: Album/Art Resource, New York; Figuur 2 The Trinity Adored by All Saints, fifteenth century, tempera and gold on wood. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Source: IAP/Metropolitan Museum of Art

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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