Nold, Patrick.

Pope John XXII and his Franciscan cardinal Bertrand de la Tour and the apostolic poverty controversy / [electronic resource] : Patrick Nold. - Oxford : Clarendon, 2003. - 1 online resource (ix, 212 p.). - Oxford historical monographs . - Oxford historical monographs. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The debate over the poverty of Christ and his apostles under Pope John XXII (1316-1334) is one of the most famous intellectual controversies of the Middle Ages. Patrick Nold investigates the case of a man apparently torn between the Pope and the Order to which he had devoted his life.

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John XXII, Pope, -1334.
Bertrando, di La Tour, -1332?


Franciscans--History.


Poverty--Religious aspects--Catholic Church--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Poverty, Vow of--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.


Italy--Church history--476-1400.

BX3603 / .N65 2003

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