The English Province of the Franciscans (1224-C.1350) (Medieval Franciscans)

This volume explores the rich diversity of the Franciscan contribution to the life of the order and its ministry throughout England between 1224 and c. 1350. The 21 contributions examine the friars' impact across the different strata of English society, from the parish churches, the missions, the royal courts and the universities. Friars were ubiquitous in England throughout this period and they participated in various programmes of renewal. Contributors are (in order of appearance) Amanda Power, Philippa M. Hoskin, Jens Röhrkasten, Michael F. Custato, OFM, Michael W. Blastic, OFM, Jean-François Godet-Calogeras, Peter V. Loewen, Lesley Smith, Eleonora Lombardo, Nigel Morgan, Cecilia Panti, Hubert Philipp Weber, Timothy J. Johnson, Mary Beth Ingham, CSJ, Takashi Shogimen, Susan J. Ridyard, Michael J. Haren, Christian Steer, Anna Campbell, and Michael J. P. Robson. ‎Contents 7 ‎Acknowledgements 11 ‎List of Figures 12 ‎List of Abbreviations 13 ‎List of Contributors 21 ‎Editorial Note on Critical Editions and English Translations 25 ‎Introduction 26 ‎Part 1. The Friars’ Arrival in England and Their Dealings with Bishops and Monarchs 31 ‎Chapter 1. Thomas of Eccleston, the Chronicler of the Friars’ Arrival in England (Robson) 33 ‎Chapter 2. The Friars in Secular and Ecclesiastical Governance, 1224–c. 1259 (Power) 58 ‎Chapter 3. Matthew Paris’s Chronica Majora and the Franciscans in England (Hoskin) 76 ‎Chapter 4. The English Crown and the Franciscans in the Order’s Early History (Röhrkasten) 93 ‎Part 2. The Rule of the Friars Minor and Its Preservation 115 ‎Chapter 5. Elias of Cortona and the English Friars (Cusato) 117 ‎Chapter 6. The Rule Commentary of John of Wales (Blastic) 139 ‎Chapter 7. John Pecham’s Commentary on the Rule of the Friars Minor (Godet-Calogeras) 160 ‎Part 3. The Friars’ Preaching and Their Celebration of the Liturgy 175 ‎Chapter 8. Harmony, the Fiddler, Preaching and Amazon Nuns: Glosses on De musica in Bartholomew Anglicus’s De proprietatibus rerum (Loewen) 177 ‎Chapter 9. Friars and the Preparation of Pastoral Aids (Smith) 205 ‎Chapter 10. The Shepherd and the Flock: An Approach to the Preacher’s Role in Some Franciscan Sermon Collections (Lombardo) 223 ‎Chapter 11. The Liturgical Manuscripts of the English Franciscans c. 1250–c. 1350 (Morgan) 244 ‎Part 4. The Theological Luminaries of the Franciscan School 275 ‎Chapter 12. The Scientific Basis of Robert Grosseteste’s Teaching at the Oxford Franciscan School (Panti) 277 ‎Chapter 13. Alexander of Hales’s Theology in His Authentic Texts (Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Various Disputed Questions) (Weber) 303 ‎Chapter 14. “Wisdom Has Built Her House; She Has Set Up Her Seven Pillars”: Roger Bacon, Franciscan Wisdom, and Conversion to the Sciences (Johnson) 324 ‎Chapter 15. Duns Scotus’s Christology: Foundations for Franciscan Christian Humanism (Ingham) 346 ‎Chapter 16. William of Ockham’s Ecclesiology and Political Thought (Shogimen) 365 ‎Part 5. The Friars’ Place in the Ecclesiastical Landscape 385 ‎Chapter 17. Thomas Cantilupe in Franciscan Memory: The Evidence of the Canonization Inquiry (Ridyard) 387 ‎Chapter 18. Richard FitzRalph and the Franciscans: Poverty, Privileges, Polemic, 1356–1359 (Haren) 410 ‎Chapter 19. Monuments of the Dead in Early Franciscan Churches, c. 1250–c. 1350 (Steer) 435 ‎Chapter 20. Franciscan Nuns in England, the Minoress Foundations and Their Patrons, 1281–1367 (Campbell) 456 ‎Chapter 21. The Franciscan Heritage in England (c. 1240–c. 1350) (Robson) 478 ‎A Select Bibliography of the English Province 501 ‎Index 519