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The Medieval Church · c. 1233
The Little Book on the Beginnings of the Order of Preachers
Jordan of Saxony · c. 1190–1237
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What it is
The earliest account of Dominic and the founding of his order, by the man who succeeded him and recruited hundreds of students into it.
Why it lasted
The principal source for Dominic, of whom almost nothing else survives — he left no writings of his own.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
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