Saint Francis of Assisi - Jacques Le Goff

Saint Francis of Assisi

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Buch | Hardcover
208 Seiten
2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-53402-2 (ISBN)
159,95 inkl. MwSt
In this outstanding and celebrated biography, the distinguished medievalist Jacques Le Goff paints a fascinating picture of the life of Francis of Assisi. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Sean L. Field.
Known for speaking with the birds, for professing poverty, receiving the stigmata and for initiating the Franciscan order, Francis of Assisi is one of the most radical and inspiring figures in Christianity.

In this outstanding and celebrated biography, the distinguished medievalist Jacques Le Goff paints a fascinating picture of the life of Francis of Assisi. Locating Francis in the feudal world of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and exploring the social and political changes taking place at the time, Le Goff assess the dramatic influence of the saint on the medieval church and celebrates his role in the spiritual revival of the Catholic Church.

This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Sean L. Field.

Jacques Le Goff (1924-2014) was one of the foremost historians and intellectuals of his generation. He was Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. His books include The Medieval World (1997), History and Memory (1996), Medieval Civilization 400-1500 (1990), and The Medieval Imagination (1988).

Foreword to the Routledge Classics Editon Sean L. Field List of Plates Preface to the French Edition Chronology Selected Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi 1. Francis of Assisi Between the Renewal and Restraints of Feudal Society 2. In Search of the True Saint Francis 3. The Vocabulary of Social Categories in Saint Francis of Assisi and his Thirteenth-Century Biographers 4. Franciscanism and Cultural Models of the Thirteenth Century. Bibliography Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Classics
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 160 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Mittelalter
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Christentum
ISBN-10 1-032-53402-8 / 1032534028
ISBN-13 978-1-032-53402-2 / 9781032534022
Zustand Neuware
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