!!!Bettelorden

Mendicant Orders, developed in the late 13%%sup th/%  century,  
Franciscans, later also  Friars Minor, Capuchin),  Dominicans,  
Carmelites and  Augustinian Hermits. They were particularly active in 
the emerging cities with their social problems. The mendicant orders 
in Austria soon became popular with the nobility and the burghers, but 
lived in continuous rivalry with the secular clergy and the 
jurisdiction of the bishops. In Austria, they greatly influenced art 
by promoting an early Gothic style which had originated in Italy. 
Their church architecture is often governed by the architectural 
principles of the Cistercian style, but is less elaborate and relies 
on simple forms (no towers, less decorative statuary and simpler 
architectonic organisation).

!Literature
R. Donin, Die Bettelorden-Kirchen in Oesterreich, 1935.


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