IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 112: Dominium and Property: Franciscan Theories of Property in Discussion
Monday 11 July 2011, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Melanie Brunner, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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Moderator/Chair: | Sita Steckel, Department of History, Harvard University / Exzellenzcluster 'Religion & Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster |
Paper 112-a | William of Saint-Amour: An Anti-Franciscan Theory of Property (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Theology |
Paper 112-b | Property Rights in the Shift from 'Community' to 'Michaelist' (Language: English) Index terms: Law, Monasticism, Theology |
Paper 112-c | The Dominion of Christ: Pope John XXII on the Origin and Nature of Property (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Law, Theology |
Abstract | While the Franciscan order is usually associated with the ideal of evangelical and absolute poverty, the order's position on the poverty of Christ also had implications for contemporary theories of property. Both within the order and in the debates between Franciscans and outside critics, ideas about property underpinned the discussion of the order's poverty ideal. This session will discuss the development of theories of property and dominium, examining the interplay between law and theology against the background of the order's history in the 13th and 14th centuries, and exploring the articulation of these theories in the debates about Franciscan poverty. |