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Order and Disorder the Medieval Franciscans Order and Disorder The Medieval Franciscans General Editor Steven J. McMichael University of St. Thomas VOLUME 8 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/tmf Order and Disorder The Poor Clares between Foundation and Reform By Bert Roest ᆕ 2013 Cover illustration: Francis of Assisi receiving Clare’s vows. Detail of the so-called Vêture de Sainte Claire (Clothing of Saint Clare) fresco cycle in the baptistery of the cathedral in Aix-en-Provence, created in the context of the foundation of the Poor Clare monastery of Aix by Queen Sancia of Majorca and King Robert of Anjou around 1337. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Roest, Bert, 1965- Order and disorder : the Poor Clares between foundation and reform / by Bert Roest. p. cm. -- (The medieval Franciscans, 1572-6991 ; v. 8) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-24363-7 (alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-90-04-24475-7 (e-book) 1. Poor Clares--History. I. Title. BX4362.R64 1013 271’.973--dc23 2012041307 This publication has been typeset in the multilingual “Brill” typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, IPA, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see www.brill.com/brill-typeface. ISSN 1572-6991 ISBN 978-90-04-24363-7 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-04-24475-7 (e-book) Copyright 2013 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Global Oriental, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers and Martinus Nijhofff Publishers. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper. In memory of Lia van Midden (29 November, 1962–31 January, 2010) Gerben de Boer (18 September, 1960–11 January, 2011) CONTENTS Introduction ................................................................................................................1 1 Clare of Assisi, Cardinal Ugolino and the Emergence of a Damianite Order ................................................................................................. 11 The Emergence of Clare’s San Damiano Community .......................... 11 The Wider Context ......................................................................................... 17 Attempts at Regularization: The Initiatives of the Papal Legate Ugolino of Ostia ........................................................................... 21 2 Damianites, Minoresses, Poor Clares ............................................................ 37 The Franciscans and the Damianites after the Death of Francis ..... 38 The Rule of Innocent IV .............................................................................. 48 The Rule of Clare of Assisi .......................................................................... 51 Franciscan Order Policies after the Death of Clare ............................. 54 Isabelle of France and the Minoresses .................................................... 60 Urban IV and the Creation of the Ordo Sanctae Clarae ..................... 62 How Uniform was the Order of Poor Clares? ........................................ 67 3 The Expansion of the Order Until c. 1400 .................................................... 75 Cautionary Remarks..................................................................................... 75 Expansion Estimates .................................................................................... 78 Italy ................................................................................................................... 80 The Iberian Peninsula .................................................................................. 88 France.............................................................................................................104 Minoresses in France, England and Italy .............................................122 The German Lands (Including the Alsace Region) and the Low Countries .........................................................................................128 Central and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Greece and the Middle East ..............................................................................................145 Attempts at a Typology of Clarissan Houses .......................................154 Maps ............................................................................................161, 162, 163 4 Implementing Reforms ..................................................................................165 Tordesillas .....................................................................................................167 The Colettines ..............................................................................................169 Clarissan Reforms Under the Observantes Sub Vicariis in Italy ......176 viii contents Observant Reforms in Alsace, Germany and Austria ........................187 The Ave Maria Reform ...............................................................................195 The Annonciade and the ‘Argentan’ or ‘Leonist’ Observance .........199 The Regular Observance in Spain...........................................................202 Spanish Conceptionists .............................................................................208 Order Expansion During the Era of Observant Reforms .................209 The Clarissan Expansion in the Northern Low Countries: A Case Study .......................................................................211 Closing Remarks ..........................................................................................224 5 Aspects of Community Life ...........................................................................227 Socio-Economic Realities .........................................................................227 Social and Religious Aspects of Community Life ..............................248 The Position of the Abbess .......................................................................260 The Novitiate ................................................................................................269 Wayward Nuns .............................................................................................275 Size and Shape of Monasteries ...............................................................279 6 Forms of Literary and Artistic Expression.................................................283 Preconditions: Literacy and Scribal Activities ....................................283 Poor Clares as Authors in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries ..................................................................................................297 Poor Clares and Minoresses as Target Audience ................................301 The Impact of the Observant Reforms ..................................................304 Epistolography .............................................................................................312 Autobiographical Writings and Texts of Religious Instruction ......317 Writings on the Rule ..................................................................................321 Observant Chronicles and Saints’ Lives ................................................325 Prayer Texts and Devotional Poetry .......................................................335 Works of Passion Meditation ...................................................................337 Teaching and Preaching ............................................................................339 Performances, Music and the Visual Arts.............................................342 Epilogue ...................................................................................................................347 The Sixteenth Century: A Century of Crisis?.......................................347 Ongoing Expansion ....................................................................................359 Some Tentative Conclusions ....................................................................364 Bibliography ...........................................................................................................371 Index of Places and Convents ...........................................................................425 Index of Names and Subjects ............................................................................431 INTRODUCTION This book offfers a general history of the order of Poor Clares from its ‘Damianite’ beginnings in the early thirteenth century until the transfor- mation of the Catholic world in the early sixteenth century. By writing it, I aim to explain the complicated origin of this order of religious women, its intricate relations with the Franciscans and the papacy, and the many transformations this order underwent in the course of the later medieval period. I try to elucidate the role of Clare of Assisi (after whom the order is named), and that of Francis of Assisi (founder of the Franciscans or order of Friars Minor). My wish is to put to rest a number of enduring myths concerning the order’s foundation.
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