HDS 2252/Rel The Friars and Their World, ca : Seminar

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1 HDS 2252/Rel The Friars and Their World, ca : Seminar This seminar will focus largely on secondary studies texts in English having to do with the origins and development of the Franciscan Order in the high Middle Ages. We will look at these studies also as a way into the social and religious worlds of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The central theme of the course meetings will be the cluster of issues surrounding poverty, the burgeoning split between the spiritual and conventual wings of the order, heresy and inquisition, apocalyptic thought and the evolution of papal attitudes towards the order. We will conclude the course by considering literary and filmic representations of some of these themes. Reports on other secondary literature will fill out our picture of the friars and their world, focusing on, among other things, the historiography of Francis of Assisi, the Dominicans, scholasticism, the rise of the universities and preaching. Enrollment limited to 15. Offered Half Course (fall) Thursday 1-3 PM Requirements: 1) diligent reading and consistent, informed participation; 2) a 15-minute report on one of the books on the Report Bibliography to be ed to the entire class by Wednesday evening prior to class (see Calendar for Book Reports below); 3) a thoughtful introduction to one of the seminar meetings, with carefully conceived questions and observations that will helpfully shape class discussion; 4) a substantial research paper on a topic of your choice (please consult with the Instructor on this); and 5) a detailed, 30 minute oral presentation on your paper topic in one of the last sessions of the term. A couple of remarks on the requirements. This is an advanced graduate seminar. Accordingly, my expectations will be high. Your peers will tell you that your Instructor is merciful and kind and slow to anger. This is true. On the other hand, he is anxious that no one cheats himself or herself or the class. Please: be prepared, speak in class and think through, organize and deliver your class presentations well. Each of the five requirements is worth 1/5 of your final grade. The paper is due on the last day of Reading Period. If necessary, the deadline can be extended to the last day of Examination Period, but not beyond.

2 Texts (available at HDS Bookstore in Divinity Hall and on Reserve at HDS Library) Origins of the Franciscan Order. Cajetan Esser Irina Lynch (Translator) Publication Date: June 1970 Publisher: Franciscan Press Imprint: Franciscan Herald Press ISBN: Franciscan Poverty. Malcolm Lambert. Franciscan Institute, The. Trade Paper ISBN: The Influence of Prophecy in the Later Middle Ages: A Study in Joachimism. Marjorie Reeves. University of Notre Dame Press. Trade Cloth. 01/1994. ISBN: Apocalyptic Spirituality. Bernard McGinn. Paulist Press. Medieval Heresy: Popular Movements from the Gregorian Reform to the Reformation. Malcolm Lambert. Blackwell Publishing. Trade Paper. 08/2002. ISBN: The Spiritual Franciscans: From Protest to Persecution in the Century after Saint Francis. David Burr. Pennsylvania State University Press. Trade Paper. 10/2003. ISBN: So Great a Light, So Great a Smoke: The Beguin Heretics of Languedoc. Louisa A. Burnham. Cornell ISBN-13: The Name of the Rose. Umberto Eco. Harcourt Trade Publishers. Trade Paper. 11/1995. ISBN:

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5 Calendar NB: November 11 and 25 are University holidays; classes do not meet on these dates. Date Topic Required Reading September 23 Overview (lecture by Instructor) September 30 Franciscan Origins Esser, Origins October 7 Franciscan Poverty Lambert, Franciscan Poverty October 14 Prophecy/Apocalyptic Reeves, Prophecy McGinn, Apoc. Sp, October 21 Heresy and Inquisition Lambert, Medieval Heresy October 28 Spiritual Franciscans I Burr, Spiritual Franciscans Novem ber 4 Spiritual Franciscans II Burr, Spiritual Franciscans November 18 Repression Burnham, So Great a Light December 2 Representation Eco, Name of the Rose December 9 Research Presentations December 16 Research Presentations

6 Calendar for Book Reports Date September 30 Little, L. K. (1978). Religious Poverty and the Profit Economy in Medieval Europe. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Bolton, B. (1983). The Medieval Reformation. London: E. Arnold. Chenu, M.-d., J. Taylor, et Al. (1983). Nature, Man, and Society in the Twelfth Century : Essays on New Theological Perspectives in the Latin West. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Baldwin, J. W. (1970). Masters, Princes, and Merchants; the Social Views of Peter the Chanter & His Circle. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Brooke, R. B. (1959). Early Franciscan Government; Elias to Bonaventure. Cambridge [Eng.]: University Press. Brooke, R. B. (1975). The Coming of the Friars. London and New York: Barnes & Noble. Sabatier, P. and L. S. Houghton (1894). Life of St. Francis of Assisi. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. Cuthbert (1912). Life of St. Francis of Assisi. London, New York [etc.]: Longmans Green and co. October 7 Hinnebusch, W. A. (1966). The History of the Dominican Order. Staten Island, N.Y.: Alba House. M.H. Vicaire (1964). Saint Dominic and His Times (trans. K. Pond). Moorman, J. R. H. (1968). A History of the Franciscan Order from its Origins to the Year Oxford: Clarendon Press.

7 October 14 Burr, D. (1989). Olivi and Franciscan Poverty : the Origins of the Usus Pauper Controversy. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Burr, D. (1976). The Persecution of Peter Olivi. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. Torrell, J.-P. (1996). Saint Thomas Aquinas. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press (slightly preferable to Weisheipl, following) Weisheipl, J. A. (1983). Friar Thomas D'aquino : His Life, Thought, and Works : with Corrigenda and Addenda. Washington, D.C., Catholic University of America Press (excellent, despite having been superseded by Torrell) Torrell, J.-P. (2002). Initiation saint Thomas d'aquin : sa personne et son oeuvre. Fribourg, Suisse Paris: Editions universitaires ;Cerf. Bougerol, J.-G. (1964). Introduction to the Works of St. Bonaventure. New Jersey: October 21 D'Avray, D. L. (1985). The Preaching of the Friars : Sermons Diffused from Paris Before Oxford: Clarendon Press. Paton, B. T. (1992). Preaching Friars and the Civic Ethos : Siena, London: Centre for Medieval Studies (Queen Mary and Westfield College University of London). October 28 Rashdall, H., F. M. Powicke, et al. (1987). The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages. Oxford and New York: Clarendon Press. Cobban, A. B. (1975). The Medieval Universities : Their Development and Organization. London [New York]: Methuen. Leff, G. (1975). Paris and Oxford Universities in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries : An Institutional and Intellectual history. Huntington, N.Y.: R. E. Krieger Pub. Co.

8 Douie, D. L. (1954). The Conflict Between the Seculars and the Mendicants at the University of Paris in the Thirteenth Century. A Paper Read to the Aquinas Society of London on 22nd June, [London]: Blackfriars. (NB: slightly dated; Dufeil, following, is preferable) Dufeil, M. M. (1972). Guillaume De Saint-amour et La Polémique Universitaire Parisienne, Paris: A. et J. Picard. November 4 Smalley, Beryl. (1984; 3 rd ed.). The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages (Notre Dame) See numerous works of E. Gilson and F. van Steenberghen on medieval thought; choose one that appeals. November 18 Cohen, J. (1982). The Friars and the Jews : the Evolution of Medieval Anti-Judaism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. [controversial but very useful; consult reviews] Thomson, W. R. (1975). Friars in the Cathedral : the First Franciscan Bishops Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.