RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA CHIESA IN ITALIA

In Medieval Venice, urban space was not only the scene of the conflicts between mendicant orders and parishes chapters but, in real terms, a primordial actor. This paper whishes to put urban space in the centre of attention, using three examples which allow to understand its real place in the conflicts and the leading role it plays, especially at the end of the Middle Ages, in the deep modification of the spiritual and devotional opposition between mendicants and the laity.