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    STUDIA HISTORIA - Issue no. 1 / 2015  
         
  Article:   EXTERIOR SIGNS OF POVERTY? THE MATERIAL LIFE OF MENDICANT ORDERS IN CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE. ANALYSIS OF ICONOGRAPHIC AND ARTISTIC SOURCES / SIGNES EXTÉRIEURS DE PAUVRETÉ ? LA VIE MATÉRIELLE DES ORDRES MENDIANTS EN EUROPE CENTRAL À TRAVERS LES SOURCES ICONOGRAPHIQUES ET ARTISTIQUES.

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  Abstract:  The aim of this article is to make a first assessment of a postdoctoral research conducted within the French National Agency for Research in the MARGEC program (acronym of “Marginality, Economy and Christianity. The Material Running of the Mendicant Friaries in Central Europe (c.1220-c.1550)”. The purpose of this research is to question the link between Mendicant Orders and the circulation of goods for salvation in medieval Central Europe through the prism of iconographic and artistic sources. This paper will focus on the voluntary poverty exposed by the friars and how this choice can be combined with the expectations of the surrounding society, specifically their patroni.

Key words: Mendicant Orders, poverty, patronage, architecture, liturgical equipment, books
 
         
     
         
         
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