Companion to Observant Reform in the Late Middle Ages and Beyond

James D. Mixson (Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, 2002) is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alabama. He is the author of Poverty’s Proprietors: Ownership and Mortal Sin at the Origins of the Observant Movement (Brill, 2009) as well as several translations and essays on religious life and Observant reform in the later Middle Ages.Bert Roest (Ph.D. University of Groningen, 1996) teaches Medieval History at Radboud University Nijmegen. His publications include A History of Franciscan Education (c. 1210-1517) (Brill, 2000), Franciscan Literature of Religious Instruction Before the Council of Trent (Brill, 2004), Order and Disorder: The Poor Clares Between Foundation and Reform (Brill, 2013), and Franciscan Learning, Preaching and Mission c. 1220-1650: Cum Scientia sit Donum Dei, Armatura ad Defendendam Sanctam Fidem Catholicam (Brill, 2015).

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionJames Mixson and Bert RoestPART IOBSERVANT REFORM AS INSTITUTIONAL REFORMEcclesiastical Institutions and Religious Life in the Observant CenturyGabriella ZarriObservant Reform’s Conceptual Frameworks between Principle and PracticeJames D. MixsonDynamics of Regulation, Innovation, and InventionAlison More“Observance” as Paradigm in Mendicant and Monastic ChroniclesAnne HuijbersPART II OBSERVANT REFORM, SOCIETY AND CULTURE“Quomodo discet sine docente?” Observant Efforts towards Education and Pastoral CarePietro Delcorno Bernardino da Siena and Observant Preaching as a Vehicle for Religious TransformationCarolyn MuessigPawn Broking between Theory and Practice in Observant Socio-Economic ThoughtMaria Giuseppina MuzzarelliReformers on Sorcery and SuperstitionMichael D. BaileyFemale Mysticism, Heterodoxy, and ReformTamar HerzigPART IIIOBSERVANT LEGACIES The Observance and the Confrontation with Early ProtestantismBert RoestThe Jeronymites and Reform in the Era of the Council of TrentTimothy Schmitz From Reconquista to Mission in the Early Modern World Bert RoestBibliographyIndex List of Illustrations1/ Statuti del Monte di Pietà di Firenze (secc. XV-XVII). Florence, Collezione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze2/ Libro di conti (riscontro di cassa) (1795). Bologna, Archivio della Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna3/ Statuti del Monte di Pietà di Udine (1499). Udine, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Udine e Pordenone4/ Gonfalone della Pietà (XV sec.). Modena, Palazzo Comunale4a/ Gonfalone della Pietà (XV sec.). Modena, Palazzo Comunale, detail5/ Marco da Montegallo, Tabula della salute (1494). Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale, inv. B.6 18.B

“The volume should encourage and help scholars of Observant reform in the late Middle Ages to carry out truly comparative research, as it lays a very solid foundation for future study in this field.”Jan Stejskal, Palacký University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 1 (Spring 2017), pp. 338-339.