Exploring the Boundaries of Law in the Middle Ages: Franciscan Debates on Poverty, Property, and Inheritance

Exploring the Boundaries of Law in the Middle Ages: Franciscan Debates on Poverty, Property, and Inheritance

The medieval Franciscans offer an instructive historical example for a general reflection on the juridical, political, and social problems of inheritance. Insisting on the imitation of the poverty of Christ, the first of the so-called mendicant orders radically challenged the foundations of late med...

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Veröffentlicht in:Law and Literature. - University of California Press, 2002. - 20(2008), 2, Seite 243-260
1. Verfasser: Frank, Thomas (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Veröffentlicht: 2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Law and Literature
Schlagworte:Bartolo of Sassoferrato Bonagratia of Bergamo Bonaventura of Bagnoregio Francis of Assisi John XXII, pope Nicholas III, pope Assisi Rome church Franciscan order mehr... inheritance canon law civil law divine law natural law mendicant orders papacy poverty property usus simplex
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