A Companion to Observant Reform in the Late Middle Ages and Beyond

The Observant reform of the religious orders remains one of the most important yet understudied religious movements of the later Middle Ages. This volume provides scholars with a current, synthetic introduction to the field, and suggests new avenues for future scholarship.

About the author

James D. Mixson (Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, 2002) is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alabama. He is the author of Poverty's Proprietors: Ownership and Mortal Sin at the Origins of the Observant Movement (Brill, 2009) as well as several translations and essays on religious life and Observant reform in the later Middle Ages.

Bert Roest (Ph.D. University of Groningen, 1996) teaches Medieval History at Radboud University Nijmegen. His publications include A History of Franciscan Education (c. 1210-1517) (Brill, 2000), Franciscan Literature of Religious Instruction Before the Council of Trent (Brill, 2004), Order and Disorder: The Poor Clares Between Foundation and Reform (Brill, 2013), and Franciscan Learning, Preaching and Mission c. 1220-1650: Cum Scientia sit Donum Dei, Armatura ad Defendendam Sanctam Fidem Catholicam (Brill, 2015).

Product details

• Assisted by: James Mixson (Editor), Bert Roest (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.06.2015
• EAN: 9789004226272
• ISBN: 978-90-04-22627-2
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 758 g
• Series: Brill's Companions to the Chri
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity