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Francis of Assisi [electronic resource] : a new biography / Augustine Thompson.

By: Publication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource (x, 299 p.) : ill, mapISBN:
  • 0801464269 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780801464263 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Francis of Assisi.DDC classification:
  • 271/.302 B 23
LOC classification:
  • BX4700.F6 T46 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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