Poverty, Eschatology and the Medieval Church

Michael F. Cusato, O.F.M., (Sorbonne, 1991), is a former director of the Franciscan Institute (St. Bonaventure University, USA) and currently an independent scholar. He has written prolifically on the Franciscan movement in the 13th and early 14th century, including a series of reprinted studies The Early Franciscan Movement (1205-1239) (Spoleto, 2009) and a monograph, Francis of Assisi (Reaktion Books, 2023)Dabney G. Park, Ph.D. (1971), Tulane University, is an adjunct professor of modern languages at the University of Miami and a specialist in Dante studies. His major scholarly focus has been on the relationship between Dante and the medieval Franciscans. He has published a number of articles in Dante Studies, Franciscan Studies and Annali d’Italianistica.

• List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsPublications of David BurrIntroductionPART 1: The Historiography of David Burr1 David Burr: Life and CareerKevin Madigan2 Recapitulation or Chronological Progression? David Burr Treats Medieval Commentaries on the Book of RevelationRobert E. Lerner3 David Burr, the Book of Revelation and American HistoriographyAlberto Forni and Paolo VianPART 2: Medieval Apocalypticism: Joachim of Fiore and His Legacy4 La nova Babilon secondo Gioacchino da Fiore e Pietro di Giovanni OliviGian Luca Potestà5 Che cosa è il “Liber Figurarum” di Gioacchino da Fiore?Marco Rainini6 Il futuro è dei bambini? Storia di una profezia dal XIII al XV secoloMarco BartoliPART 3: Peter of John Olivi: Life and Writings7 Textual Criticism in the Franciscan Exegesis of the 13th Century. Peter of John Olivi: A Case StudyGilbert Dahan8 Bonaventure and Olivi: When Fidelity Leads to DivergenceC. Colt Anderson9 The Manuscripts of Peter of John Olivi’s Lectura super Apocalipsim in Toulouse and Berlin: Research on the Oldest Textual TraditionAlberto Forni and Paolo Vian10 Olivi’s Philosophy of Evil in HistoryWarren Lewis11 The Last Unedited Question of Olivi on Evangelical Perfection: Concerning Suspicious Encounters with Women (QPE7)Sylvain Piron12 A Comparison of the Commentaries on Luke of Peter of John Olivi and Nicholas of LyraPhilip Krey13 Una fonte oliviana nel sermone In Visitatione beatae Mariae Virginis di Bernardino da SienaFortunato Iozzelli, O.F.M.PART 4: The Spiritual Franciscans: Their Precursors and Adherents14 Rush to Judgment? The Trial of John of ParmaDabney G. Park15 John of Murrovalle, Cardinal Protector of the Franciscan Order (1307–1312), and the Spiritual FranciscansMichael F. Cusato, O.F.M16 Following the Heart: Relics, Martyrdom and the Relational Space among the Beguins of LanguedocDelfi I. Nieto-Isabel17 Chronicle or History: The Uncertain Literary Genre of a Dissident StoryAntonio Montefusco18 Dal Monte degli Ulivi alla Verna: riscritture francescane di Matteo 24Michele LodoneBibliographyIndex