content: This is a terrifically written study, which was of great use to me for research, and I can only imagine that for the general reader it would fill in the gaps admirably. So many of the theological imperatives we take as the very landscape of Western culture in fact began with these begging friars. The great thing is that this book allows you to conceptualize how these incipient movements became so influential. I also particularly loved one special detail I learned from this study. Namely that many of the actual classes of the famed University of Paris, forcing ground of the the heights of Catholic theology, for centuries actually took place in taverns [!!] and other unprepossessing spots. In fact, according to the author they continued their tavern classes until fancier digs were constructed around about the 14th Century. I think this this historical tidbit is a great precedent for other tavern- inspired endeavors.