Michael Robson examines the stages in the building up of the legend of Saint Francis and asks why the earliest biographers chose to tell the life of Saint Francis in the way they did. Instead of simply narrating the life of the saint, Robson looks at the effect he had on his parents, the local bishop, Cardinal Hugolino, Pope Innocent III and of course on Saint Clare. What emerges is a new understanding of the world's most popular saint.

St. Francis of Assisi: The Legend and the Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Robson, Michael

Leaders & Notable People

UNKNO

Instead of simply narrating the life of the saint, Robson looks at Francis through the thoughts and writings of those who knew him: his parents, the local bishop, Pope Innocent III, Cardinal Ugolino, Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Clare. What emerges is a new understanding of the saint.

St Francis of Assisi: The Legend and the Life

Religion & Spirituality

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Holocaust 2000

Literature & Fiction

Sphere UK

New Zealand in pictures (Visual geography series)

Text and photographs introduce the topography, history, society, economy, and governmental structure of New Zealand.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Sterling Pub. Co.

Text and photographs introduce the topography, history, society, economy, and governmental structure of New Zealand.

New Zealand in Pictures (Visual Geography Series)

Teen & Young Adult

Lerner Pub Group

Dykes, Ditches and Disputes: A History of Boundary and Field Enclosures in the Borders

Michael Robson

St. Kilda: Church, Visitors and Natives

History

Europe

Islands Book Trust

St Francis of Assisi is one of the most admired figures of the Middle Ages - and one of the most important in the Christian church, modelling his life on the literal observance of the Gospel and recovering an emphasis on the poverty experienced by Jesus Christ. From 1217 Francis sent communities of friars throughout Christendom and launched missions to several countries, including India and China. The movement soon became established in most cities and several large towns, and, enjoying close relations with the popes, its followers were ideal instruments for the propagation of the reforms of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215. They quickly became part of the landscape of medieval life and made their influence felt throughout society. This book explores the first 250 years of the order's history and charts its rapid growth, development, pastoral ministry, educational organisation, missionary endeavour, internal tensions and divisions. Intended for both the general and more specialist reader, it offers a complete survey of the Franciscan Order. Dr MICHAEL ROBSON is a Fellow and Director of Studies in Theology at St Edmund's College, Cambridge.

The Franciscans in the Middle Ages (Monastic Orders) (Volume 1)

Boydell Press

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