Starting from the famous scenes of Antony of Padua’s sermon to the fishes and Francis of Assisi’s preaching to the birds, this article shows how the Friar minors’ preaching formed a discursive space that gave voice and representation to new segments of thirteenth-century urban society. From Francis’...

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1. Verfasser:	Delcorno, Pietro (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch Artikel
Sprache:	Italian
Veröffentlicht:	2023
Schlagworte:	Francesco d’Assisi, Antonio di Padova, predicazione, città medievale, folla Francis of Assisi; Antony of Padua; preaching; Medieval city; crowd
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Zusammenfassung:	Starting from the famous scenes of Antony of Padua’s sermon to the fishes and Francis of Assisi’s preaching to the birds, this article shows how the Friar minors’ preaching formed a discursive space that gave voice and representation to new segments of thirteenth-century urban society. From Francis’ experimental initiatives to Anthony of Padua’s and Berthold of Regensburg’s well-planned preaching cam-paigns, the friars were able to speak to a society undergoing profound transformation and marked by ten-sions and fears. The crowds gathering to hear the preachers were moved by the perception that what wasbeing stated in an accessible language was actually relevant to their lives. Somehow, as part of this commu-nicative process, the preacher addressed a large crowd and yet each person in the audience – at least at some points – had the impression that he or she was the preacher’s actual addressee, as in a personal conversation. That is to say, they had the feeling that they were real interlocutors, not a shapeless mob. Partendo dalle celebri scene della predica di Antonio di Padova ai pesci e di Francesco d’Assisi agli uccelli, il contributo mette in luce come la predicazione dei Frati minori costituisse uno spazio discorsivo che dava voce e rappresentanza a nuovi segmenti della società urbana del Duecento. Dalle iniziative sperimentali di Francesco alle campagne di predicazione ben pianificate di Antonio di Padova e di Bertoldo di Ratisbona, i frati furono in grado di parlare a una società in profonda trasformazione, segnata da tensioni e paure. Le folle che si radunavano per ascoltare i predicatori erano mosse dalla percezione che ciò che veniva annunciato in un linguaggio accessibile era effettivamente rilevante per la loro vita. In qualche modo, all’interno di questo processo comunicativo, il predicatore si rivolgeva a una grande folla, eppure ogni persona tra gli ascoltatori – almeno in alcuni momenti – aveva l’impressione di essere il vero destinatario del discorso, come in una conversazione personale. Si sentivano cioè non parte di una folla indistinta, ma veri e propri interlocutori del predicatore.
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ISSN:	2974-7287