Gospel Chivalry: Franciscan Romanticism"In this book, Br Mark, himself a Capuchin friar, shows how St. Francis came to reinvent chivalry as a spiritual code, a particular legacy to his Order of Friars Minor."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... Italy , singing of amour courtoise and knightly heroism . The paladins of Charle- magne became models for the youth , their deeds echoing from castle walls in the stirring minstrelsy of the time . Legend became reality and epic deeds of ...
... Italy , singing of amour courtoise and knightly heroism . The paladins of Charle- magne became models for the youth , their deeds echoing from castle walls in the stirring minstrelsy of the time . Legend became reality and epic deeds of ...
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... Italy . From about 800 to 1200 feudalism was dominant in Central Italy and as a result there was a kind of ongoing seigneurialization in society beginning with the Franks . Ironically this was at the invitation of Pope Stephen in 750 ...
... Italy . From about 800 to 1200 feudalism was dominant in Central Italy and as a result there was a kind of ongoing seigneurialization in society beginning with the Franks . Ironically this was at the invitation of Pope Stephen in 750 ...
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... Italy and trade prospered , the merchants had the freedom of the Empire and Pietro would travel to the cloth fares of Provence and Champagne . It was on such jour- neys that the young Francis accompanying his father would have come into ...
... Italy and trade prospered , the merchants had the freedom of the Empire and Pietro would travel to the cloth fares of Provence and Champagne . It was on such jour- neys that the young Francis accompanying his father would have come into ...
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