@article{1372214,
      recid = {1372214},
      author = {Ó Clabaigh, Colmán N.,},
      title = {The friars in Ireland, 1224-1540 /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxv, 389 pages, 16 pages of plates) :},
      abstract = {"This work surveys the history, lifestyle and impact of  the friars in Ireland from the arrival of the Dominicans in  1224 to the Henrican campaign to dissolve the religious  houses in 1540. It constitutes the first attempt to examine  the mendicant phenomenon as a whole rather than focusing on  individual orders and friaries. The first three chapters  give a chronological overview of the arrival and initial  expansion of the friars in the thirteenth century, through  the upheavals of the fourteenth century and the emergence  of vigorous reform parties within each order in the  fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The second section  consists of seven chapters that examine discrete aspects of  mendicant lifestyle and ministry. These include analyses of  the friars' relationships with their patrons, benefactors  and critics. The mendicant lifestyle forms the subject of  one chapter, as does the friars' efficacy as preachers,  confessors and counsellors. Particular attention is devoted  to the educational and formation structures within each  order, as well as to devotional and liturgical activities.  The art and architecture of the friaries is examined in  another chapter. The volume concludes with an epilogue  detailing the developments and upheavals in Irish mendicant  life during the tumultuous decade between 1530 and  1540."--Cover page [4].},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1372214},
}