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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
Moderator/Chair:Sita Steckel, Department of History, Harvard University / Exzellenzcluster 'Religion & Politik', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster
Paper 112-aWilliam of Saint-Amour: An Anti-Franciscan Theory of Property
(Language: English)
Brian Hamilton-Vise, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Monasticism, Theology
Paper 112-bProperty Rights in the Shift from 'Community' to 'Michaelist'
(Language: English)
Jon Robinson, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, Downtown
Index terms: Law, Monasticism, Theology
Paper 112-cThe Dominion of Christ: Pope John XXII on the Origin and Nature of Property
(Language: English)
Melanie Brunner, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
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.