Franciscan Virtue

Spiritual Growth and the Virtues in Franciscan Literature and Instruction of the Thirteenth Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-22156-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 161, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions

Middle Ages
Franciscans
Virtues
Spirituality
Francis of Assisi
Bonaventure
David of Augsburg

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pansters, Krijn

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Christliche Orden und Vereinigungen, Ordensgeschichte, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

1. Virtue
1. Background
2. Material Object
3. Selection – Authors and Sources
4. Selection – Virtues
5. Problems of Research – Contents
6. Problems of Research – Canon
7. Method
8. Formal Object
9. Medieval Virtue
10. Franciscan Virtue

2. Virtues (Francis of Assisi, Bonaventure, David of Augsburg)
1. Charity
2. Obedience
3. Goodness
4. Truth
5. Faith
6. Humility
7. Joy
8. Poverty
9. Penance
10. Peace

3. The Virtue of Virtue
1. Configuration
2. Conceptualization
3. Systematization
4. Elaboration
5. Progression
6. Perfection
7. Contextualization
8. Conclusion

Appendices
1. The Virtues in the opuscula sancti Francisci Assisiensis
2. Bibliographical Overview
3. Instances of habitus datus

Bibliography

Index



List of Illustrations

1. Francis giving his mantle to a poor man. Giotto, San Francesco, Assisi

2. Bonaventure. Victor Crivelli, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris

3. David of Augsburg. In: Dominicus Custos, Sancti Augustani. Die Augspurgischen Heilligen (Augsburg 1601)

Über Autor(innen)

Krijn Pansters, Ph.D. (2007) in Medieval History, Radboud University Nijmegen, and Ph.D. (2019) in Medieval Theology, KU Leuven, teaches Christian Spirituality at Tilburg University (School of Catholic Theology, Franciscan Study Center).