Origins of the Franciscan
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DS125/225
crosslisted as CH107/207
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| Christopher Shorrock ofm conv | Semester 1, 2012 Tuesday 2.00pm — 5.00pm |
This unit examines the development of the evangelical movement initiated by Francis and Clare of Assisi from 1226 to 1517. While concentrating upon the struggles with the First Order from the death of Francis (1226) through the Bull of Union (1517), and the Capuchin Reform, it will consider the internal developments in the three Franciscan Orders as they attempted to respond to the changing situation of the church and society within this same period.
Prerequisites
| first level | none |
| second level | none |
Requirements
3 hours per week
Assessment
| first level | one 1,000 word exercise on assigned reading | 20% |
| one 2,000 word essay | 50% | |
| one 1 hour written examination | 30% | |
| second level | one 1,500 word exercise on assigned reading | 20% |
| one 2,500 word essay | 50% | |
| one 1 hour written examination | 30% |
Required Text
- Carmody, Maurice. The Franciscan Story: St Francis of Assisi and his Influence since The Thirteenth Century. Twickenham: Athena, 2008.
Bibliography
- Armstrong, Regis J., J. Wayne Hellmann, and William J. Short, eds. Francis of Assisi: Early Documents. 3 vols. New York: New City, 1999–2001.
- Brooke, Rosalind B. Early Franciscan Government: Elias to Bonaventure. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: New Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Burr, David. The Spiritual Franciscans: From Protest to Persecution in the Century after Saint Francis. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.
- Esser, Cajetan. Origins of the Franciscan Order. Chicago: Franciscan Herald, 1970.
- Iriarte, Lazaro. Franciscan History: The Three Orders of St Francis. Translated by Patricia Rose. Chicago: Franciscan Herald, 1983.
- Merlo, Grado G. In the Name of Saint Francis: A History of the Friars Minor and Franciscanism until the Early Sixteenth Century. Translated by Rafael Bonnano & Robert J. Karris. St. Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute Publications, 2009.
- Moorman, John R. A History of the Franciscan Order from its Origins to the Year 1517. Chicago: Franciscan Press, 1988.
- Nimmo, Duncan. Reform and Division in the Medieval Franciscan Order: From Saint Francis to the Foundation of the Capuchins. Rome: Capuchin Historical Institute, 1987.
- Robson, Michael. The Franciscans in the Middle Ages. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell, 2006.
- Short, William J. The Franciscans. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1989.