The Prayed Francis : Liturgical Vitae and Franciscan Identity in the Thirteenth Century.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introductions -- From the Historical Francis to the Francis of History -- The "Prayed Francis" and the Liturgical Experience of the Minor Brothers -- Francis "Forma Minorum": Liturgical Texts in the History of the Order of Friars Minor -- Foundational Texts from the Franciscan Liturgy -- Liturgical Office and Legend of Saint Francis according to the Chicago Codex -- Mass and Sequences of Saint Francis -- Liturgical Legends of the Order of Friars Minor -- Legend of the Breviary of Saint Clare -- Vatican Liturgical Legend for the Octave -- Minor Life of Saint Francis -- Extract from the Life of Our Blessed Father Francis for the Feast of the Transferal -- Chapter XV of the Major Life of Saint Francis for the Feast of the Transferal -- The Liturgy of Saint Francis outside the Order of Friars Minor -- Office, Liturgical Legend, and Mass of Châlons-en-Champagne -- Liturgical Legend of Chartres -- Liturgical Legend and Mass of the Friars Preacher -- Golden Legend used by the Benedictines -- Critical Apparatus -- Index of Manuscript -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Places -- Volume Collaborators.

The sources contained in this volume offer an introduction to early liturgical texts dedicated to Francis of Assisi. Frequently ignored by scholars, these crucial sources present a collection of incredible perspectives on how religious communities, both within and outside the Franciscan Order, constructed their identities as they interpreted and performed the life of Francis of Assisi in prayer. The team of international scholars responsible for the volume's introductory essays in the volume, Marco Bartoli, Jacques Dalarun, Timothy J. Johnson, and Filippo Sedda, maintain that this "Prayed Francis" played a decisive role in the reception and retrieval of the Franciscan story throughout the changing context of the thirteenth century and beyond.

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