Early modern "studia" in religious orders in the Czech-Moravian capuchin province as an alternative to university education

Abstract

This study maps the organisation, contents, and teaching staff of theological and philosophical education in the Capuchin Order and compares it with what was common in other religious orders and at public universities, especially the Charles–Ferdinand University in Prague

Keywords

• “studia” in religious orders
• Capuchins
• Church history
• lectors of the Czech-Moravian Capuchin Province
• second scholasticism
• education
• Czech Lands
• Early Modern Era