Olivi and the Interpretation of Matthew in the High Middle Ages

by Madigan, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780268037154
• ISBN10: 0268037159
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr

Summary

IN THIS IMPORTANT NEW WORK, Kevin Madigan studies the development and union of scholastic, apocalyptic, and Franciscan interpretations of the Gospel of Matthew from 1150 to 1350. These interpretations are placed within the context of high-medieval religious life and attitudes of the papacy toward the Franciscan Order. Madigan uses the fortunes of the Franciscan Peter Olivi (d. 1298) and his commentary on Matthew as a lens through which to observe the larger theological and ecclesiastical developments of this era. Structured in three sections, Olivi and the Interpretation of Matthew in the High Middle Ages begins with an analysis of the scholastic gospel commentary tradition in the schools of Laon and Paris. The second section of the book offers a detailed examination of the Treatise on the Four Gospels by the famed apocalyptic writer Joachim of Fiore. Finally, Madigan turns his attention to the disputes which plagued the Franciscan Order during the first century of its existence. Madigan also focuses on Olivi's Commentary on Matthew. He argues that this little-

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Abbreviations	xiii
Introduction	1	(12)
CHAPTER ONE The Scholastic Gospel: Matthew Commentaries in Laon and Paris, ca. 1140-1240	13	(16)
CHAPTER TWO The Joachite Gospel: The Tractatus super Quatuor Evangelia	29	(16)
CHAPTER THREE Franciscan Apocalyptic, 1240-1300	45	(12)
CHAPTER FOUR The Franciscan Order under Attack, 1250-1325	57	(10)
CHAPTER FIVE Olivi's Gospel Commentaries in Context	67	(12)
CHAPTER SIX The New Evangelical Order and Ohvi's Matthew Commentary	79	(14)
CHAPTER SEVEN Franciscan Persecution and Olivi's Matthew Commentary	93	(36)
CHAPTER EIGHT Papal Condemnation and Possible Consequences	129	(12)
CONCLUSION The Gospel De-Franciscanized	141	(6)
Notes	147	(52)
Bibliography	199	(16)
Index	215