Carmelites and Antiquity, The dividends The work takes full account

The work takes full account of recent research

William Brown

Author(s): Keryl Titmus

Professor Ortaçgil instead questions the foundations of the subject

Carmelites and Antiquity, The dividends The work takes full accountThe Carmelites, the only contemplative religious order to have been founded in the Crusader States, first emerged as a group of hermits living on Mount Carmel, a site associated with the prophet Elijah. Soon after migrating to the West, in the mid thirteenth century, they began to develop the geographical associations into a complex historical tradition based on the claim to have been founded by the prophet. Carmelite historical myths were first