Medievalists.net » John of Freiburg http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 John of Freiburg and the Usury Prohibition in the Late Middle Ages: A Study in the Popularization of Medieval Canon Law http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/31/john-of-freiburg-and-the-usury-prohibition-in-the-late-middle-ages-a-study-in-the-popularization-of-medieval-canon-law/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/31/john-of-freiburg-and-the-usury-prohibition-in-the-late-middle-ages-a-study-in-the-popularization-of-medieval-canon-law/#comments Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:55:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46205 In this dissertation I provide an edition of the treatise on usury (De usuris, bk. 2, tit. 7) contained in the Dominican friar John of Freiburg’s (d. 1314) Summa confessorum (ca. 1298) – a comprehensive encyclopedia of pastoral care that John wrote for the benefit of his fellow friar preachers and all others charged with the cure of souls.

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