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The Franciscans in the Middle Ages | |||
| History | ||||
| Michael Robson | ||||
| Boydell 2006 240 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1843832216 | ||||
| Published Price £25.00 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| St Francis of Assisi's charismatic challenge - to respond to the gospels' emphasis on Jesus' poverty - attracted others to form a fraternity that was to become an important part of both the medieval Church and secular society. This book covers the Order's history, its growth and development, its wide-ranging pastoral and missionary work and its internal tensions and crises, from 13th century origins down to the division into Observants and Conventuals in the 15th century. | ||||
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Chaucer and Clothing: Clerical and Academic Costume in the General Prologue | |||
| to the Canterbury Tales | History | |||
| Laura F Hodges | ||||
| DS Brewer 2005 318 pages | ||||
| Hardback 1843840332 | ||||
| Published Price £50.00 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| Religious and academic dress in the middle ages functioned as a metaphorical signifier of spiritual and intellectual standards, implied social status, signalled the rejection or possession of garment wealth and, in the details, suggested the wearer's spiritual state. This book presents a sustained analysis of the characterizing dress worn by those of Chaucer's pilgrims who were in holy orders or affiliated with universities, or both: the Prioress, the Monk, the Friar, the Clerk, the Doctour of Phisik, the Pardoner and the Parson. | ||||
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