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The World of St. Francis of Assisi : Essays in Honor of William R. Cook.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Medieval Franciscans SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (265 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004290280
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The World of St. Francis of AssisiDDC classification:
  • 271/.302
LOC classification:
  • BX4700.F6 .W67 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- The World of St. Francis of Assisi: Essays in Honor of William R. Cook -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: The World of St. Francis -- 1 "You are Simple and Stupid": Francis of Assisi and the Rise of Merchant Capitalism -- 2 The Functions of Early Franciscan Art -- 3 Francis, the Sultan, and Reading an Image in Context -- 4 Trial by Fire: St. Francis and the Sultan in Italian Art -- 5 Illness and Imagination: The Healing Miracles of Clare of Montefalco -- 6 Elevated Vision: Bellini's Annunciation and the Nuns at Santa Maria dei Miracoli -- 7 Fraternal (Un)Masking: Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and Dante's Inferno 27 -- 8 The Pilgrimage of the Wolf: St. Francis as Peacemaker in Gubbio and Nicaragua -- 9 The Wolf of Gubbio in Context: The Igreja da Pampulha, Brazil -- 10 Histories of the Present: Interpreting the Poverty of St. Francis -- 11 Eyes Wide Open: Francis of Assisi and the Duty of Poverty -- 12 Creation and Community Consciousness: Il Poverello's Intercultural and Intergenerational Insights and Inspiration -- 13 My Life with Francis -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: In The World of St. Francis of Assisi, thirteen scholars from diverse academic disciplines offer accounts of the way in which St. Francis shaped the world in which he lived and trace the saint's legacy in the intervening seven centuries.
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Intro -- The World of St. Francis of Assisi: Essays in Honor of William R. Cook -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: The World of St. Francis -- 1 "You are Simple and Stupid": Francis of Assisi and the Rise of Merchant Capitalism -- 2 The Functions of Early Franciscan Art -- 3 Francis, the Sultan, and Reading an Image in Context -- 4 Trial by Fire: St. Francis and the Sultan in Italian Art -- 5 Illness and Imagination: The Healing Miracles of Clare of Montefalco -- 6 Elevated Vision: Bellini's Annunciation and the Nuns at Santa Maria dei Miracoli -- 7 Fraternal (Un)Masking: Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and Dante's Inferno 27 -- 8 The Pilgrimage of the Wolf: St. Francis as Peacemaker in Gubbio and Nicaragua -- 9 The Wolf of Gubbio in Context: The Igreja da Pampulha, Brazil -- 10 Histories of the Present: Interpreting the Poverty of St. Francis -- 11 Eyes Wide Open: Francis of Assisi and the Duty of Poverty -- 12 Creation and Community Consciousness: Il Poverello's Intercultural and Intergenerational Insights and Inspiration -- 13 My Life with Francis -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

In The World of St. Francis of Assisi, thirteen scholars from diverse academic disciplines offer accounts of the way in which St. Francis shaped the world in which he lived and trace the saint's legacy in the intervening seven centuries.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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