Francis of Assisi
Subtitle: the life and afterlife of a medieval saint
By: André Vauchez ; translated by Michael F. Cusato
Contributors: Cusato, Michael F.
Edition: 1st English ed.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300184921
Subjects: Christian saints; Biography
Work titles: François d'Assise
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Biographical sketch, 1182-1226; title: Francesco di Bernardone; title: Brother Francis: a layman in the Christianity of the early thirteenth century; title: Death and transfiguration of Francis, 1226-1253; title: Becoming Saint Francis, 1226-1230; title: Second death of Francis, 1230-1253; title: Images and myths of Francis of Assisi: from the Middle Ages to today; title: Medieval interpretations of Francis: thirteenth to fourteenth centuries; title: Francis between history and myth: sixteenth to twentieth centuries; title: Originality of Francis and his charism; title: Writings of Francis; title: Experience of God; title: New relationship to scripture: the spirit of the letter; title: Francis, nature, and the world; title: Francis and the church: the charism within the institution; title: Gospel in the world: a transformation of religious anthropology; title: Cultural mediator of a new religious sensibility; title: Francis, prophet for his time... or for ours?; title: Testament of Francis of Assisi, september 1226.