Francis of Assisi
Thompson, Augustine.
Francis of Assisi a new biography / [electronic resource] : Augustine Thompson. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2012 - 1 online resource (x, 299 p.) : ill, map.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The life. "When I was in my sins," 1181-1205 -- The penitent from Assisi, 1206-1209 -- The primitive fraternity, 1209-1215 -- Expansion and consolidation, 1216-1220 -- Francis returns home, 1220-1221 -- Rules and retirement, 1221-1223 -- The way of the cross, 1223-1225 -- From penitent to saint, 1225-1226 -- II Sources and debates.
In this authoritative and engaging new biography, Augustine Thompson, O.P., sifts through the surviving evidence for the life of Francis using modern historical methods. The result is a complex yet sympathetic portrait of the man and the saint.
0801464269 (electronic bk.) 9780801464263 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt4rfp0 JSTOR
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
Christian saints--Italy--Assisi--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious
RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations
Electronic books.
BX4700.F6 / T46 2012eb
271/.302 B
Francis of Assisi a new biography / [electronic resource] : Augustine Thompson. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2012 - 1 online resource (x, 299 p.) : ill, map.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The life. "When I was in my sins," 1181-1205 -- The penitent from Assisi, 1206-1209 -- The primitive fraternity, 1209-1215 -- Expansion and consolidation, 1216-1220 -- Francis returns home, 1220-1221 -- Rules and retirement, 1221-1223 -- The way of the cross, 1223-1225 -- From penitent to saint, 1225-1226 -- II Sources and debates.
In this authoritative and engaging new biography, Augustine Thompson, O.P., sifts through the surviving evidence for the life of Francis using modern historical methods. The result is a complex yet sympathetic portrait of the man and the saint.
0801464269 (electronic bk.) 9780801464263 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt4rfp0 JSTOR
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
Christian saints--Italy--Assisi--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious
RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations
Electronic books.
BX4700.F6 / T46 2012eb
271/.302 B
