General

4102 Priors General

Below is the standard list of General Chapters and of Priors General since the thirteenth century.

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4103 Historical Bibliography

Numerous reference books about the history of the Augustinian order.

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4107 A general overview

A coverage of the Order's history in two pages.

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4315 Before the Augustinians

Threre topics: Monastic prelude, the canons, Augustinians canons.

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4111 Via Francigena

The medieval pilgrim pathways from England to Rome.

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4115 Ancient hermitages

Five former sites of Augustinian hermitages in central Italy.

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4122 Mendicant movement

The rise of the mendicant movement in 13th-century Europe.

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4126 Little Union

The union of the hermit groups of Tuscany by the Pope in 1244.

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4130 Grand Union

The formal beginning of the Augustinian Order that still continues today.

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4143 Opportunities

Opportunities and dangers regarding the Order during its first century.

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4148 Augustinian Identity

The Augustinian Order develops a self image.

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4153 Early Leaders

About the early friars who helped to shape Augustinian identity.

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4156 Learning

The Augustinian Order immediately adopted an emphasis on learning.

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4160 Early libraries

Libraries were important for the Augustinian emphasis on learning.

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4164 Religious poverty

Like all Orders, the Augustinians had to decide on its level of poverty.

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4167 Discipline

Like all Orders, the Augustinians had to decide on standards of discipline

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4168 Carmelites

There are mendicant parallels between the Carmelites and Augustinians.

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4169 Assumptionists

Always distinct from the Augustinian Order, but fellow disciples of Augustine.

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4170 Augustinian Recollects

Initially part of the Augustinian Order, and still co-workers in mission.

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4171 Sack Friars

A mendicant order that ended, giving houses to the Augustinian Order.

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4175 The Constitutions

Writing the Constitutions was an early task well handled.

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4179 Humanism

A movement of creative renewal in early medieval Europe.

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4180 Rennaissance

Augustinian influences within the Renaissance.

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4183 Observant movement

A widespread movement of spiritual reform within medieval Augustinians.

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4188 First 100 years

The years 1256 to 1356 saw growth as the Order ventured out from Italy.

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4191 Constitutions Germany

Copies of these pre-Reformation Constitutions still exist.

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4192 Black Death

The Black Death seriously impacted on the Order in the 14th century.

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4193 Great Western Schism

When the European Church divided, the Order was forced to follow.

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4194 14th century

By the mid-14th century, the Order was sizeable and multi-national.

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4197 Papal chaplaincies

This laxity in the Church was troublesome for Religious Orders.

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4002 15th century

A period of talented friars and lasting Augustinian local initiatives.

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4006 The Bible

Contributions by the Order to the spreading of the Bible.

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4007 Witchcraft

Not involving the Order, but an unwelcomed influence in the medieval Church.

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4010 Savanarola

In 1452 - 1498 a Dominican friar dominating Church and state in Florence.

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4012 Later libraries

The writing, storeage nd borrowing of books in medieval Augustinian houses.

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4016 Reformation

The Order was directly involved in the Reformation, which seriously affected it.

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4026 King Philip II

Philip II of Spain (1527 - 1598) drew the Augustinians into Latin America.

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4027 16th century New World

The Order was involved in discovery and evangelization in the New World.

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4034 17th-18th centuries

The Order adjusts in a world rapidly changing and religion much challenged.

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4037 19th Century

The Order and two long-serving popes.

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