Savoirs profanes dans les ordres mendiants en Italie (13e-15e s.)

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The mendicant orders (Franciscans, Dominicans, but also the Hermits of Saint Augustine or Carmelites) played a major role in the production of knowledge in the late Middle Ages. Authors of numerous works in all fields of culture, they also contributed greatly to the dissemination of manuscripts and ideas as well as to the deepening of disciplines, thanks to the places of teaching and debate housed in the convents. Although these orders have been widely studied for their contributions to theology, their place in the development of so-called profane knowledge, i.e. not linked to their religious vocation, has been less often addressed. As much producers as transmitters of knowledge, the Mendicants made a decisive contribution to the redefinition and development of the disciplines taught in universities or practised in the courts. Focusing on Italy, the intellectual and cultural laboratory of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, this volume seeks to understand their importance in several key areas of early modern culture, including the liberal arts, natural sciences, literature, rhetoric, and geography.