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24%OFFAndré Vauchez - Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint - 9780300198379 - V9780300198379
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Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint

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Description for Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint Paperback. Drawing on the vast body of scholarship on Francis of Assisi, this book creates a complete and engaging portrait of the saint, and then explores how the memory of Francis was shaped by contemporaries who recollected him in their writings. It presents a reconstruction of Francis' life and work. Translator(s): Cusato, Michael F. Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.

First published in France, where it was awarded the Prix Chateaubriand, this masterful new biography of Francis is now available in English

In this towering work, André Vauchez draws on the vast body of scholarship on Francis of Assisi produced over the past forty years as well on as his own expertise in medieval hagiography to tell the most comprehensive and authoritative version of Francis’s life and afterlife published in the past half century. 

After a detailed and yet engaging reconstruction of Francis's life and work, Vauchez focuses on the myriad texts—hagiographies, chronicles, sermons, personal testimonies, etc.—of writers who ... Read more

The product of a lifetime of study, this book reveals a historian at the height of his powers.

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Product Details

Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
587g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300198379
SKU
V9780300198379
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-25

About André Vauchez
André Vauchez is professor emeritus, University of Paris X. Michael Cusato, O.F.M., teaches at the Dominican House of Studies. He lives in Washington, DC. 

Reviews for Francis of Assisi: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Saint
“This is a winner. It will have a great many readers and will dominate the field of Saint Francis studies for years to come.”—William Chester Jordan, Princeton University
William Chester Jordan “For thirty years, we have been waiting for a new scholarly biography of Francis of Assisi. André Vauchez offers us that and so much more. Not only does ... Read more

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