William of Saint-Amour’s two disputed Questions : De quantitate eleemosynae and De valido mendicante
Abstract
The secular/mendicant controversy at the Parisian Faculty of Theology in the 1250’s began as an indictment of the mendicants for their failure to adhere to academic statutes. Under the leadership of William of Saint-Amour, the secular theologians broadened the range of their grievances against the mendicant masters by challenging their claim to the vita apostolica. William’s disputed questions De quantitate eleemosynae and De valido mendicante bear witness to this shift in policy