** WARNING! X-Posted to 3 lists! Beware of duplication! ** Since the deadline for submissions is Sept. 15th, and I first posted while some people may have been no-mail still for the summer, I am re-posting. Please delete readily, if you are uninterested. CALL FOR PAPERS: May 1997 at Kalamazoo Early Franciscans in the North and East: Education, Preaching, and Missionary Activities in the 13th Century Shortly after the death of St. Francis, the Order established studia not only in Italy, France, and England, but also in Germany. Moreover, it spread, largely from Germany into Bohemia, Poland, Prussia, Lithuania, Livonia, Denmark, Sweden, various Slavic lands, and even into the territories held by the Mongols. The Franciscan missionaries going there had to be trained, but we know comparatively little of their training, their preaching, and other activities. Though some of the missions to these lands have been discussed (particularly the Mongol mission of John de Plano Carpini), in my work on Bartholomaeus Anglicus I have found that the educational institutions and practices have been largely ignored by modern researchers when it comes to publication. Though the preaching of Berthold von Regensburg is well known in general, the preaching of others and their missionary work further afield have been alluded to, but not much discussed. Therefore, I have proposed this session to investigate the activities of the Franciscans in these areas--geographical & topical. The usual limits apply: 3 (maximum 4) papers will be accepted, with a *STRICT* reading limit of 20 minutes (if 3--15 minutes if 4 papers). Abstracts of papers should be sent to me for *receipt* by September 15th: Dr. Juris G. Lidaka [log in to unmask] Campus Box 32 Dept. of English West Virginia State College P.O. Box 1000 Institute, WV 25112-1000 USA %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%