Pauvreté volontaire et gestion de la pauvreté. La situation économique des frères et des moniales de l’ordre dominicain en Toscane (1350-1450)

The question of voluntary poverty has been present in the history of mendicant orders since their foundation. This article explores, through the study of practical sources (account registers) of Dominican convents and monasteries in Tuscany, the effective application of this poverty, and its interpretation. The examination of these documents highlights the networks of relationships created by the exercise of poverty: economic and spiritual links that unite friars and nuns, communities of regulars and pious establishments (hospitals), religious and laity. Moreover, by crossing the point of view of friars and nuns, but also of observants and conventuals, this article highlights the variety of interpretations of the notion of poverty within the Dominican order, and its evolution.