medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I took a look at Donald Logan's "Runaway Religious" and he
makes three useful points already discussed.
1) There is a large difference between apostates (runaways)
and those seeking transfer (transitus). At saint Alban's,
Thomas de la Mare's reform led many monks to leave in
apostasy. p. 81. Yet he also allowed others to transfer
legally p. 45.
2) Almost all monks or nuns seeking transitus did so to go
to another stricter community, change orders, or avoid an
abusive abbot. The issue of stricter community is supported
by the note in the canon law. Monks and nuns could seek
papal or abbatial permission to transfer legally to a
stricter observance in the same or a different order.
3) There is an interesting move in the fifteenth century
among canonists to allow transitus ad ordinem laxiorem. p.
45. The idea here was that one professed to religious life
in general and not to a house (Bernard's view).
The Spanish reforma book is quite clear on the Franciscan
Observants in Castilla y Leon. They were quite careful not
to allow Observantines to enforce their views of Franciscan
life on the Conventuals. Thank you for reminding me of this.
Sincerely, Daniel
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