Francis of Assisi the life and afterlife of a medieval saint /
Vauchez, Andre.
Francis of Assisi the life and afterlife of a medieval saint / [electronic resource] : Andre Vauchez ; translated by Michael F. Cusato. - 1st English ed. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012. - xv, 308 p. : maps.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Biographical sketch, 1182-1226 -- Francesco di Bernardone -- Brother Francis: a layman in the Christianity of the early thirteenth century -- Death and transfiguration of Francis, 1226-1253 -- Becoming Saint Francis, 1226-1230 -- Second death of Francis, 1230-1253 -- Images and myths of Francis of Assisi: from the Middle Ages to today -- Medieval interpretations of Francis: thirteenth to fourteenth centuries -- Francis between history and myth: sixteenth to twentieth centuries -- Originality of Francis and his charism -- Writings of Francis -- Experience of God -- New relationship to scripture: the spirit of the letter -- Francis, nature, and the world -- Francis and the church: the charism within the institution -- Gospel in the world: a transformation of religious anthropology -- Cultural mediator of a new religious sensibility -- Francis, prophet for his time ... or for ours? -- Testament of Francis of Assisi, september 1226.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780300184921 (electronic bk.)
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
Christian saints--Italy--Assisi--Biography.
Electronic books.
BX4700.F6 / V34313 2012
271/.302 B
Francis of Assisi the life and afterlife of a medieval saint / [electronic resource] : Andre Vauchez ; translated by Michael F. Cusato. - 1st English ed. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012. - xv, 308 p. : maps.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Biographical sketch, 1182-1226 -- Francesco di Bernardone -- Brother Francis: a layman in the Christianity of the early thirteenth century -- Death and transfiguration of Francis, 1226-1253 -- Becoming Saint Francis, 1226-1230 -- Second death of Francis, 1230-1253 -- Images and myths of Francis of Assisi: from the Middle Ages to today -- Medieval interpretations of Francis: thirteenth to fourteenth centuries -- Francis between history and myth: sixteenth to twentieth centuries -- Originality of Francis and his charism -- Writings of Francis -- Experience of God -- New relationship to scripture: the spirit of the letter -- Francis, nature, and the world -- Francis and the church: the charism within the institution -- Gospel in the world: a transformation of religious anthropology -- Cultural mediator of a new religious sensibility -- Francis, prophet for his time ... or for ours? -- Testament of Francis of Assisi, september 1226.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780300184921 (electronic bk.)
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
Christian saints--Italy--Assisi--Biography.
Electronic books.
BX4700.F6 / V34313 2012
271/.302 B