Francis of Assisi : the life and afterlife of a medieval saint / André Vauchez ; translated by Michael F. Cusato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vauchez, André.

Contributor:

Cusato, Michael F.

Standardized Title:

François d'Assise. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.

Francis.

Christian saints--Italy--Assisi--Biography.

Christian saints.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 398 pages) : maps.

Edition:

1st English ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

In this towering work, André Vauchez draws on the vast body of scholarship on Francis of Assisi, emphasizing in particular the important research of the last 30 years. He creates a complete and engaging portrait of the saint, then explores how the memory of Francis was shaped by contemporaries who recollected him in their writings. Vauchez completes the book by setting "Poverello" in the context of his time, bringing to light what was new, surprising, and even astonishing in the life and vision of this man.The first part of the book is a fascinating reconstruction of Francis's life and work. The second and third parts deal with the myriad texts-hagiographies, chronicles, sermons, personal testimonies, etc.-of writers who recorded aspects of Francis's life and movement as they remembered them, and used those remembrances to construct a portrait of Francis relevant to their concerns. In the final part of the book, Vauchez explores those aspects of Francis's life, personality, and spiritual vision that were unique to him, including his experience of God, his approach to nature, his understanding and use of Scripture, and his impact on culture as well as culture's impact on him.

Contents:

Biographical sketch, 1182-1226

Francesco di Bernardone

Brother Francis: a layman in the Christianity of the early thirteenth century

Death and transfiguration of Francis, 1226-1253

Becoming Saint Francis, 1226-1230

Second death of Francis, 1230-1253

Images and myths of Francis of Assisi: from the Middle Ages to today

Medieval interpretations of Francis: thirteenth to fourteenth centuries

Francis between history and myth: sixteenth to twentieth centuries

Originality of Francis and his charism

Writings of Francis

Experience of God

New relationship to scripture: the spirit of the letter

Francis, nature, and the world

Francis and the church: the charism within the institution

Gospel in the world: a transformation of religious anthropology

Cultural mediator of a new religious sensibility

Francis, prophet for his time ... or for ours?

Testament of Francis of Assisi, september 1226.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283656511

1283656515

9780300184921

0300184921

OCLC:

823654174