Francis of Assisi : a new biography /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thompson, Augustine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Francis, > of Assisi, Saint, > 1182-1226.
Francis, > of Assisi, Saint, > 1182-1226
Christian saints > Italy > Assisi > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
Christian saints
Italy > Assisi
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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