Political Preaching and a Design of Urban Reform: Johannes Geiler of Kaysersberg and Strasbourg

Franciscan Studies 71:71-88 (2013)
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Abstract

In the fifteenth century, the desire of the laity for more convincing religious instruction in the vernacular was not entirely satisfied by wandering preachers like Vincent Ferrer , Bernardino of Siena or Giovanni of Capistrano . Therefore, north of the Alps, particularly in free cities of the Empire, so-called municipal preaching offices were introduced.3 For the most part, cathedral chapters and their bishops exerted a great influence over these foundations. Subsequently, the newly installed preachers were obliged to discipline the urban population. According to the artes praedicandi, the preachers were expected to avoid any criticism of the religious hierarchy and the ..

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