UID:
almahu_9949701117102882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004203167
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2011
Content:
Gamblers, cheats, womanizers and thieves, and cranky reformers who wanted their old Order back, flesh-and-blood men with complicated desires and knotty dispositions. Opening a rich trove of sources - the annual chapter acts of the Dominican Order's Province of Aragon - Michael Vargas uncovers the costly successes and institutional weaknesses that contributed to the distressing realities of Dominican conventual life in the troubled fourteenth century. Taming a Brood of Vipers finds Dominican friars engaged in activities very much at odds with our sense of the way it should have been, but removing the moral overlay makes the conflict and apparent indiscipline in Dominican religious communities more intelligible and more appreciably human. Winner of the 2013 La corónica International Book Award , given annually by the Modern Language Association Division on Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures for the best monograph published on Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.
Note:
Preliminary Material /
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Introduction /
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Chapter One. Success And Successors /
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Chapter Two. The Contentious Birth Of A New Province /
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Chapter Three. Growth, Crisis And Recovery /
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Chapter Four. Bad-Boy Friars And Complicit Leaders /
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Chapter Five. Friar-Youths And Troublesome Others /
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Chapter Six. Office And Official /
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Chapter Seven. Challenged Vows /
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Chapter Eight. In Defense Of Corporate Honor /
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Epilogue /
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Bibliography /
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Index /
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004203150 (hardback : alk. paper)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 900420315X (hardback : alk. paper)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004203167 (electronic book)
Language:
English
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