Olivi and Franciscan poverty : the origins of the usus pauper controversy

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas. Contents 5 Abbreviations 7 Preface 9 1. The Franciscan Order in 1279 13 2. The Developing Controversy: Chronology and Sources 50 3. The Developing Controversy: Issues 69 4. The Censure of 1283 100 5. Rehabilitation and Reversal, 1283-1309 118 6. Some Possible Explanations 147 7. Some Long-Term Problems 175 Conclusion 202 Bibliography 209 Index 219