عنوان

St. Francis of Assisi The Legend and the Life

(Number (ISBN

0826465080

(Number (ISBN

1441133437

(Number (ISBN

9780826465085

(Number (ISBN

9781441133434

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b602177

Title Proper

St. Francis of Assisi The Legend and the Life

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Michael Robinson

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

London Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1999

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1(321 Seiten)

Text of Note

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Chronology -- 1 Peter Bernardone -- Christianity and medieval Assisi -- Francis's family -- Troubled relations between Assisi and Perugia -- Military ambition thwarted by sickness -- Francis and the leper -- Beginnings of a vocation -- 2 Bishop Guido II of Assisi -- Episcopal appeal and Francis's renunciation -- Guido as the vicar of San Rufino and patron saints of Assisi -- Guide's defence of his episcopal heritage -- Benevolent episcopal intervention -- Incipient fraternity -- Guido at the papal court -- Guido, Francis and Clare -- Francis's respect for bishops and priests -- Francis's death and canonization -- 3 Pope Innocent III -- The papacy and St Francis -- Innocent III and reform groups -- Francis's quest for papal approval -- Lateran IV, ecclesiastical reform and Francis -- Franciscans and the restoration of the Church -- 4 Lady Poverty -- Poverty and the conversion experiences -- Wealth and divisions in society -- The monastic world and Francis -- The reappraisal of the apostolic life -- Gospel texts and poverty -- Poverty embraced -- Imitation of the Poor Christ and nuptial imagery -- Medieval perception of Francis and his fraternity -- 5 Ugolino, cardinal protector and then Pope Gregory IX -- The growth of the fraternity -- The meeting in Florence -- Appointment of a cardinal protector -- Cardinal and Francis -- Francis instructs Ugolino -- Interventions by Ugolino -- Approval of the Rule -- Gregory IX and the Franciscans -- 6 St Anthony of Padua and the development of theological study -- Anthony's early life -- An Augustinian canon at Lisbon and then Coimbra (c. 1210-20) -- Friar Anthony -- The ministry of preaching -- Measures to combat the spread of heresy -- Francis and the need for theological study -- The origin of Franciscan schools

Anthony, patron of Franciscan schools -- Franciscan perception of theology -- The debate about studies -- 7 St Clare, the faithful custodian of Francis's ideals -- Clare's family -- Manifestations of a vocation and Francis's impact -- Clare's conversion -- Temporary refuge and family opposition -- San Damiano and the vocations of Francis and Clare -- Francis's reliance on Clare -- Clare in Thomas of Celano's biographies -- Clare and the Roman Curia -- 8 Francis as the herald of the great king -- An enlarged cloister -- Francis's preaching -- Francis the teacher and actor -- Francis's praise of God in song and musical instruments -- Sermons in parishes -- Sanctification of the piazza -- Ministry of peace and reconciliation -- Ecumenical reconciliation -- Communion with all creation -- 9 St Francis's death, burial and posthumous influence on the fraternity -- Medieval conventions regarding the burial of saints -- Arrangements for the death and burial of Francis -- Francis's death at the Portiuncula and burial at San Giorgio -- The proclamation of Francis's stigmata -- Towards canonization -- Basilica of St Francis and the Sacro Convento -- Francis's posthumous influence on an expanding fraternity -- The biographies and the portrait of the exemplary friar -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W

Michael Robinson

Michael Robinson

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