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Title The world of St. Francis of Assisi : essays in honor of William R. Cook / edited by Bradley R. Franco, Beth A. Mulvaney
Published Boston : Brill, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series The medieval Franciscans, 1572-6991 ; VOLUME 11
Medieval Franciscans ; v. 11.
Contents Introduction: The world of St. Francis / Bradley R. Franco and Beth A. Mulvaney -- "You are simple and stupid" : Francis of Assisi and the rise of merchant capitalism / Christopher Ohan -- The functions of early Franciscan art / Bradley R. Franco -- Francis, the Sultan, and reading an image in context / Gregory W. Ahlquist -- Trial by fire : St. Francis and the Sultan in Italian art / Alexandra Dodson -- Illness and imagination : the healing miracles of Clare of Montefalco / Sara Ritchey -- Elevated vision : Bellini's Annunciation and the nuns at Santa Maria dei Miracoli / Beth A. Mulvaney -- Fraternal (un)masking : Shakespeare's Measure for measure and Dante's Inferno / Ronald B. Herzman -- The pilgrimage of the wolf : St. Francis as peacemaker in Gubbio and Nicaragua / Weston L. Kennison -- The wolf of Gubbio in context : the Igreja da Pampulha, Brazil / Mary R. McHugh -- Histories of the present : interpreting the poverty of St. Francis / Daniel J. Schultz -- Eyes wide open : Francis of Assisi and the duty of poverty / John K. Downey -- Creation and community consciousness : Il Poverello's intercultural and intergenerational insights and inspiration / John Hart -- My life with Francis / William R. Cook
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 -- Influence
SUBJECT Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 fast
Subject RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Genre/Form Festschriften
Festschriften.
Form Electronic book
Author Cook, William R. (William Robert), 1943- honouree.
Franco, Bradley R., editor
ISBN 9789004290280
9004290281