Brother Alfonso de Mella and joaquinist spiritual millenarianism in the Lordship of Biscay at the end of the Middle Ages
This article analyses the intellectual origins and doctrinal theses of the leader of the Durango heretics, brother Alfonso de Mella. In relation to the first question, the emergence and condemnation of the Franciscan spiritual theses of Joaquinist roots and their subsequent assumption by groups of r...
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| Formato: | Artículo publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares |
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/analesHAMM/article/view/12718 http://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=moderna&d=12718_oai |
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| Sumario: | This article analyses the intellectual origins and doctrinal theses of the leader of the Durango heretics, brother Alfonso de Mella. In relation to the first question, the emergence and condemnation of the Franciscan spiritual theses of Joaquinist roots and their subsequent assumption by groups of radical observants between the end of the 14th century and the first third of the 15th century, such as the one led by brother Felipe de Berbegal, with important links to the Durango sect, are briefly described. In relation to the second question, two documentary testimonies are analysed: the letter that brother Alfonso de Mella sent to the King of Castile, the only direct source preserved; and the reply to it by an anonymous challenger of its contents, a text published for the first time in 2022. A comparison of both documents reveals the spread of these Franciscan spiritual theses in the Lordship of Biscay between the 30s and 40s of the 15th century. |
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