Dante and the Franciscans - Poverty and the Papacy in the ''Commedia''

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Havely is senior lecturer in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York. He is the translator of Chaucer's Boccaccio (1980, 1992); editor of The House of Fame (1994), Chaucer's Dream Poetry (1997) and Dante's Modern Afterlife (1998); and author of numerous articles on Italian and English medieval literature, including the chapter on `Literature in Italian, French and English' in volume VI of The New Cambridge Medieval History (2000). Klappentext This study will appeal to scholars interested in medieval religious and intellectual history. Zusammenfassung This study will appeal to scholars interested in medieval religious and intellectual history. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on citations, translations and manuscript sources; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. From shame to honour: Tuscan and Franciscan poverty; 2. Inferno: avarice and authority'; 3. Purgatorio: poverty in spirit; 4. Paradiso: poverty and authority; Epilogue; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Nick Havely, Nick (University of York) Havely
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2009
• EAN: 9780521099042
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09904-2
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies