Medievalists.net » William of Saint-Amour 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 Narratives of resistance: arguments against the mendicants in the works of Matthew Paris and William of Saint-Amour http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/08/narratives-resistance-arguments-mendicants-works-matthew-paris-william-saint-amour/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/08/narratives-resistance-arguments-mendicants-works-matthew-paris-william-saint-amour/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:27:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52443 The rise of the new mendicant orders, foremost the Franciscans and Dominicans, is one of the great success stories of thirteenth-century Europe. Combining apostolic poverty with sophisticated organization and university learning, they brought much needed improvements to pastoral care in the growing cities.

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