A well-documented history of the poverty controversy as told by Nicolaus Minorita, this volume is a sourcebook which offers scholars a large collection of fundamental and authentic documents as well as a history of the events surrounding the controversy during the papacy of John XXII. Latin documentation. English Prolegomena, Introduction: Franciscan Poverty, and each of the 10 chapters has an English introduction followed by Latin text.
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Nicholas Minorita was a follower and faithful friend of the minister general, Michael of Cesena, and of those friars who followed him to Munich, wishing to preserve the true story of the events for posterity, explained with a few words who did what, when and why, and patiently collected and copied all the pertinent documents regardless of their length.
David Flood, OFM, is a former member of the research faculty at the Franciscan Institute, now living and working in his home province of St. Joseph in Montreal. A renowned and pioneering scholar of Franciscan history, he is the author of fifteen books, numerous articles and several critical editions of tests on early Franciscan history. He received his doctorates in history and philosophy from the Universitat Koln.
Fr. Gedeon Gal, OFM brought together the research archives of Capistran materials that is housed at the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University. Fr. Gedeon had been heading up work on the critical edition of the theological and philosophical writings of William of Ockham at the Institute. His interest in Capistran came from the fact that he was a member of the Hungarian Franciscan Province of St. John Capistran. The greater part of the material came from the research files of Ottokar Bonman who died before being able to start any actual editing work for an edition of Capistran. Fr. Conrad Harkins, OFM, then director of the Franciscan Institute, to request that Bonmann s research be shipped to the Franciscan Institute from Rome where it was being stored. While Fr. Conrad was on sabbatical in Italy, Fr. Gedeon asked him to photocopy the manuscript of Capistran s letters copied in the 1600 s by Antonio Sessa of Palermo that resides in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome. When completed, the copies were sent to the Franciscan Institute to join with the Bonmann materials.
David Flood, OFM, is a former member of the research faculty at the Franciscan Institute, now living and working in his home province of St. Joseph in Montreal. A renowned and pioneering scholar of Franciscan history, he is the author of fifteen books, numerous articles and several critical editions of tests on early Franciscan history. He received his doctorates in history and philosophy from the Universitat Koln.
Fr. Gedeon Gal, OFM brought together the research archives of Capistran materials that is housed at the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University. Fr. Gedeon had been heading up work on the critical edition of the theological and philosophical writings of William of Ockham at the Institute. His interest in Capistran came from the fact that he was a member of the Hungarian Franciscan Province of St. John Capistran. The greater part of the material came from the research files of Ottokar Bonman who died before being able to start any actual editing work for an edition of Capistran. Fr. Conrad Harkins, OFM, then director of the Franciscan Institute, to request that Bonmann s research be shipped to the Franciscan Institute from Rome where it was being stored. While Fr. Conrad was on sabbatical in Italy, Fr. Gedeon asked him to photocopy the manuscript of Capistran s letters copied in the 1600 s by Antonio Sessa of Palermo that resides in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome. When completed, the copies were sent to the Franciscan Institute to join with the Bonmann materials.
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