Early Franciscan Government: Ellias to Bonaventure

by Rosalind B. Brooke

The early historians of the Franciscan order traced the causes of the troubles of the order in their time to Elias, a contemporary and friend of St Francis and an early Minister General. Elias was blamed for opening the way to all relaxations of discipline and disregard of the founder's teaching, and all conflicts and persecutions. Mrs Brooke shows that responsibility cannot be placed on one man, but on many of the early friars. She gives a more historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521547989
• ISBN13: 9780521547987
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"