Property Rights in the Late Medieval Discussion on Franciscan Poverty (Recherches de Theologie et Philosophie Medievales - Bibliotheca) [Mass Market Paperback]

V. Makinen (Author)

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Publication Date: October 1, 2001 | Series: Recherches de Theologie et Philosophie Medievales - Bibliotheca (Book 3)

Property Rights in the Late Medieval Discussion on Franciscan Poverty contributes to our understanding of the history of the concept of individual natural rights by tracing the controversies surrounding the Franciscan ideal of absolute poverty from the 1250s to the 1320s. analyzes the complex legal, moral, and theological arguments for and against the Franciscan ideal of giving up all rights over property - an ideal that the Franciscans argued was in perfect imitation of Christ and the Apostles. Makinen pays particular attention to the concepts of rights, especially to the distinctions between dominion (dominium), right (ius) and factual use (usus facti). She discusses the arguments made by both the defenders of the Franciscan claim of apostolic poverty (Bonaventure and Bonagratia of Bergamo) and the attackers, most of whom were secular clerics (such as William of Saint-Amour, Gerard of Abbeville, Henry of Ghent, and Godfrey of Fontaines). Makinen then analyzes the support the Order received from the papacy, and how this support was undermined by Pope John XXII's vehement attack on the Franciscans in the 1320s. concerning Franciscan poverty gave rise to a new language of rights, which paved the way to the idea of individual natural rights (Peeters 2001)

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Virpi Makinen analyses the complex legal, moral and theological arguments for and against the Franciscan ideal of giving up all rights over property - an ideal that the Franciscans argued was in perfect imitation of Christ and the Apostles. Makinen pays particular attention to the concepts of rights, especially to the distinctions between dominion (dominium), right (ius) and factual use (usus facti). She discusses the arguments made by both the defenders of the Franciscan claim of apostolic poverty (Bonaventure and Bonagratia of Bergamo) and the attackers, most of whom were secular clerics (such as William of Saint-Amour, Gerard of Abbeville, Henry of Ghent, and Godfrey of Fontaines). Makinen then analyses the support the Order received from the papacy and how this support was undermined by Pope John XXII's vehement attack on the Franciscans in the 1320's. The book shows how the debate concerning Franciscan poverty gave rise to a new language of rights, which paved the way to the idea of individual natural rights.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Peeters Publishers (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9042909404
• ISBN-13: 978-9042909403
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
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