Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-145, pages [279]-291) )and index
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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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