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Dante and the Franciscans: Poverty and the Papacy in the 'Commedia'
Nick Havely examines the connections between Dante, the Franciscans and the papacy in respect to fundamental aspects of the Commedia. Shedding new light on Dante's poem, he offers a detailed account of the Franciscans in late Medieval and early Renaissance Italy, which will be of interest to scholars of church history as well as literary scholars.
Book Details
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: Aug 12nd, 2004
- Pages: 232
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.04in - 6.28in - 0.69in - 0.95lb
- EAN: 9780521833059
- Categories: • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh• European - General
About the Author
Havely, Nick: - Nicholas Havely is senior lecturer in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York. He is the translator of Chaucer's Boccaccio (1980, 1992); editor of The House of Fame (1994), Chaucer's Dream Poetry (1997) and Dante's Modern Afterlife (1998); and author of numerous articles on Italian and English medieval literature, including the chapter on `Literature in Italian, French and English' in volume VI of The New Cambridge Medieval History (2000).
Praise for this book
"Readers of Dante, historians of Franciscanism, and students and scholars of medieval Italian culture in the broadest sense will all find that this book has much to offer."
-S. Botterill, University of California, Berkeley, CHOICE
-S. Botterill, University of California, Berkeley, CHOICE
"...not only timely but also timeless. [A] thorough and satisfying study.... meticulous research ... marvelous writing style ... essential reading not only for Dante scholars but also for scholars of medieval religion, politics and culture."
-Quaderni d'italianistica
-Quaderni d'italianistica
"Havely has shown convincingly how pervasive the influence of the literature surrounding these controversies is on teh Commedia and how essential for an understanding of the poem's recurrent concern with papal power and evangelical poetry. One of the book's most original assertionsi s that the authority of evangelical poverty is closely intertwined with the authority of prophecy and hence with Dante's concern with teh authority of his own poetic voice."- Penn Szittya, Georgetown University