Algunas consideraciones sobre la predicación medieval a partir de la hagiografía mendicante
ISSN: 0214-0691, 2530-8254
Year of publication: 2011
Issue: 1
Pages: 57-81
Type: Article
More publications in: Erebea: Revista de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales
Abstract
The Mendicant Orders arose from a wish of evangelical renovation, which resulted in a vital apostolic zeal. Therefore, Franciscans and Dominicans, who had a great intellectual training, dedicated themselves to two basic tasks, with a clear catechetical aim: preaching and confession. Otherwise, these orders created their own hagiographic production, frequently written in Romanic languages and in a low liturgical level; these works contributed to consolidate the main character's fame for sanctity, and also had an important pedagogical and catechetical dimension.