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Saint Francis Of Assisi
Francis of Assisi is- after Mary of Nazareth- perhaps the greatest saint in the Christian calendar- and one of the most influential men in the whole of human history. By universal acclaim- this biography by G. K. Chesterton is considered the best appreciation of Francis's life--the one that gets to the heart of the matter.
For Chesterton- Francis is a great paradoxical figure- a man who loved women but vowed himself to chastity- an artist who loved the pleasures of the natural world as few have loved them- but vowed himself to the most austere poverty- stripping himself naked in the public square so all could see that he had renounced his worldly goods- a clown who stood on his head in order to see the world aright. Chesterton gives us Francis in his world-the riotously colorful world of the High Middle Ages- a world with more pageantry and romance than we have seen before or since. Here is the Francis who tried to end the Crusades by talking to the Saracens- and who interceded with the emperor on behalf of the birds. Here is the Francis who inspired a revolution in art that began with Giotto and a revolution in poetry that began with Dante. Here is the Francis who prayed and danced with pagan abandon- who talked to animals- who invented the creche.
For Chesterton- Francis is a great paradoxical figure- a man who loved women but vowed himself to chastity- an artist who loved the pleasures of the natural world as few have loved them- but vowed himself to the most austere poverty- stripping himself naked in the public square so all could see that he had renounced his worldly goods- a clown who stood on his head in order to see the world aright. Chesterton gives us Francis in his world-the riotously colorful world of the High Middle Ages- a world with more pageantry and romance than we have seen before or since. Here is the Francis who tried to end the Crusades by talking to the Saracens- and who interceded with the emperor on behalf of the birds. Here is the Francis who inspired a revolution in art that began with Giotto and a revolution in poetry that began with Dante. Here is the Francis who prayed and danced with pagan abandon- who talked to animals- who invented the creche.
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Hendrickson Classic Biographies
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271 Che c.1
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129 hlm.
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English
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9781598562828
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History of Christianity and Christian Ch
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