Editing Adam Marsh (section)

== Works ==
None of Adam's theological works survive. His only extant writings are a collection of over 200 of his letters compiled by fellow Franciscans after his death. This collection shows the wide range of his correspondents, including Robert Grosseteste (whose own collection also includes several letters to Adam<ref>{{Cite book|last=Grosseteste|first=Robert|title=Letters of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=2010|location=Toronto|translator-last=Mantello|translator-first=Frank A. C.|translator-last2=Goering|translator-first2=Joseph}}</ref>), [[William of Nottingham I|William of Nottingham]] (minister provincial of England), Simon de Montfort and his wife [[Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester|Eleanor]], [[Bonaventure]], and [[Henry III of England|Henry III]]'s wife [[Eleanor of Provence|Queen Eleanor]]. His letters, written in highly stylized Latin according to the rules of the ''[[ars dictaminis]],'' often served to advance his theological vision, particularly with regard to the pastoral work of the Church and his urgent sense of its need for correction and reform. His letters also frequently respond to requests for spiritual counsel, offering both exhortation and admonition.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Adam Marsh|title=The Letters of Adam Marsh|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2006–2010|editor-last=Lawrence|editor-first=C. H.}}</ref>