The Legacy Of Early Franciscan Thought

The Legacy Of Late Medieval Franciscan Thought Is Uncontested: For Generations, The Influence Of Late-13th And 14th Century Franciscans On The Development Of Modern Thought Has Been Celebrated By Some And Loathed By Others. However, The Legacy Of Early Franciscan Thought, As It Developed In The First Generation Of Franciscan Thinkers Who Worked At The Recently-founded University Of Paris In The First Half Of The 13th Century, Is A Virtually Foreign Concept In The Relevant Scholarship. The Reason For This Is That Early Franciscans Are Widely Regarded As Mere Codifiers And Perpetrators Of The Earlier Medieval, Largely Augustinian, Tradition, From Which Later Franciscans Supposedly Departed.