St. Francis of Assisi : The Legend and the Life.

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.

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