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Jennings, Stuart B. (2011) The Irish Franciscans, 1534–1990. Church History, Vol.80 (No.3). pp. 687-689. ISSN 0009-6407
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Abstract
The year 2009 marked the eight hundredth anniversary of the foundation of the
Franciscan order, and it is fitting that in this year there should be published this
third and final volume tracing the history and contribution of the Franciscan
friars in Ireland to this ongoing story. This volume consists of eighteen
essays by fourteen authors and is divided into two distinct sections. The first
(consisting of eight essays) charts the history of the Irish friars
chronologically over the years 1534 to 1990, a period of considerable trauma
for the people of Ireland encompassing the establishment of plantations, wars
of religion, famine, and mass emigration. The second section of the volume
celebrates the legacy of the Franciscans in Ireland by exploring a range of
topics from historical and hagiographic writings to architecture, chalices, and
missionary activities. As with many collections of independently authored
essays, there are elements of repetition and overlap (especially in relation to
the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries), but the overriding sense conveyed
by the book is of the courage and adaptability of the movement to meet and
overcome, often at considerable personal cost, these many fluctuations in
fortune. The essays are well served by extensive footnotes, and an excellent
bibliography and index at the end of the book direct readers to both primary
and secondary sources for further research. The book would probably
benefit, though, from a short glossary of terms to help general readers
quickly navigate their way through some of the ecclesiological terms used
throughout the essays.
Item Type: | Book Review | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity | ||||
Divisions: | Administration > Chaplaincy | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Franciscan movement (Anglican Communion) -- Ireland -- History | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Church History | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0009-6407 | ||||
Book Title: | The Irish Franciscans, 1534–1990 | ||||
Official Date: | September 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.80 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 687-689 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0009640711000977 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 August 2016 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 August 2016 |
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