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Dameron Copyright 2006 AIMS AND PURPOSES The purposes of the
course are several: 1) to offer a survey of the history of
Franciscans and the Franciscan Order on an advanced level, 2) to
explore the complex conflicts between Franciscan ideals
(devotion to poverty) and the institutional pressures emanating
from the upper hierarchy of the Church to compromise them, 3) to
analyze and trace the history and significance of Franciscan
apostolic poverty as a manifestation of the notion of the ideal
of the imitatio Christi, 4) to explore in depth the primary
sources associated with the Franciscan Order and other mendicant
orders, 5) to produce a significant research paper on a topic
associated with medieval Franciscan history and know how to use
our library resources to conduct advanced research, 6) to become
acquainted with examples of