Cambridge Companion to Francis of Assisi

Name: Cambridge Companion to Francis of Assisi
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ISBN: 9780521757829

ISBN-10: 0521757827

ISBN-13: 9780521757829

Edition: 2011

Authors: Michael J. P. Robson

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Book details

List price: $43.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/17/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Michael J. P. Robson is Dean of Chapel, Fellow, Praelector and Director of Studies in Divinity at St Edmund's College, Cambridge. He is the author of Saint Francis of Assisi: The Legend and the Life (1997), The Franciscans in the Medieval Custody of York (1997) and The Franciscans in the Middle Ages (2006).



List of contributors


Acknowledgements


Notes on editions and translations


Chronology


List of abbreviations


Introduction




Francis of Assisi



Francis and the Franciscan movement (1181/2-1226)




The writings of Francis




The Rule and life of the Friars Minor




Francis and his hagiographical tradition




Voluntary simplicity: the attitude of Francis towards learning in the early biographies




Francis and the historiographical tradition in the order




Francis and Clare and the emergence of the Second Order




Francis and the encounter with the sultan (1219)




Francis and creation




The heritage of Francis of Assisi



Francis and the pursuit of learning




The early Franciscans and the towns and cities




The Third Order of Francis




Franciscan ideals and the royal family of France (1226-1328)




Franciscans as papal and royal envoys to the Tartars (1245-1255)




Franciscan missions




Pope John XXII, the Franciscan order and its Rule




The ecumenical appeal of Francis



A guide to further reading


Index