St Dominic and his first biographer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11005229 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C N L Brooke (0000-0002-0524-8457, University of Liverpool, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Pages | 23-40 |
| Publication date | 1967-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0080-4401 • E-ISSN: 1474-0648 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3678718 |
| OpenAlex | W2137239009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
The Order of Preachers was created under the skilled direction of two great men: Dominic of Caleruega and Jordan of Saxony. Whatever else they may have been, both were brilliant organizers; they sketched between them the most sophisticated constitutional organization known to the Middle Ages; for good or ill, they created for us the idea and technique of committee government. Both, it is clear, had tidy and lucid minds. We know that Jordan wrote excellent Latin, was capable of making plain in a few words the nature of the casting vote in general chapter, and equally capable of communicating to his friend Diana Dandalo, and to us, the inwardness of spiritual friendship and the delight of missionary work among the students of Bologna and Paris, many of whom he gathered into the Dominican Order
Art · Friendship · Order (exchange · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Classics · History · Law · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |