Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Notes on Contributors viii
1 Introduction Bert Roest Johanneke Uphoff 1
2 The Observance's Women: New Models of Sanctity and Religious Discipline for the Female Dominican Observant Movement during the Fifteenth Century Sylvie Duval 13
3 Creating a Colettine Identity in an Observant and Post-Observant World: Narratives of the Colettine Reforms after 1447 Anna Campbell 32
4 Instruction and Construction: Sermons and the Formation of a Clarissan Identity in Nuremberg Johanneke Uphoff 48
5 Canonical Change and the Orders of 'Franciscan' Tertiaries Alison More 69
6 Transcending the Order: The Pursuit of Observance and Religious Identity Formation in the Low Countries, c. 1450-1500 Anna Dlabacová 86
7 Selections in a World of Multiple Options: The Witness of Thomas Swalwell, OSB Anne T. Thayer 110
8 The Prayer Booklet of Eternal Wisdom' (Der ewigen wiszheit Betbühiln, 1518): Catechistic Shaping of Religious Lay Identity Martina Wehrli-Johns 126
9 The Vineyard of Saint Francis Koen Goudriaan 152
10 The Name of God, the Name of Saints, the Name of the Order: Reflections on the 'Franciscan' Identity during the Observant Period Ludovic Viaillet 172
11 The American Inquisition and the Arabic Language: A Short Note about the Invention of the Moriscos in the Sixteenth Century Alessandro Vanoli 191
12 Grids for Confessing Sins: Notes on Instruments for Pastoral Care in Late Medieval Milan Fabrizio Conti 201
13 Capuchin Reform, Religious Dissent and Political Issues in Bernardino Ochino's Preaching in and towards Italy (1535-1545) Michele Camaioni 214
14 How to Write a Conversionary Sermon: Rhetorical Influences and Religious Identity Emily Michelson 235
Index of Names 253
Index of Places and Subjects 256