Creating Clare of Assisi
Subtitle: female Franciscan identities in later medieval Italy
By: by Lezlie S. Knox.
Series: The medieval Franciscans -- 5
Publisher: Brill; Brill Academic Pub
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9789004166516
Subjects: Clare, -- of Assisi, Saint, -- 1194-1253; Poor Clares -- Italy -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Monastic and religious life of women -- Italy -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The friars and sisters; title: Clare and the Poor Sisters of San Damiano; title: The Order of Saint Clare three beyond Clare : a Franciscan centered order; title: The Clarisses and observant reform ...; title: Writing female Franciscan identity; title: Conclusion: The true daughters of Francis and Clare.