| Description |
1 online resource (x, 299 pages) : illustrations, map |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Available to subscribers. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
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Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226. |
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Francis, 1182-1226 of Assisi, Saint. |
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Christian saints -- Italy -- Assisi -- Biography.
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Christian saints. |
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Italy -- Assisi. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thompson, Augustine. Francis of Assisi. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012 9780801450709 (DLC) 2011037724 (OCoLC)752910788 |
| ISBN |
0801464269 (electronic book) |
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9780801464263 (electronic book) |
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9780801450709 (alkaline paper) |
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0801450705 (alkaline paper) |
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