Summary
In this authoritative and engaging new biography, Augustine Thompson, O.P., sifts through the surviving evidence for the life of Francis using modern historical methods. The result is a complex yet sympathetic portrait of the man and the saint. Full description
Summary: |
In this authoritative and engaging new biography, Augustine Thompson, O.P., sifts through the surviving evidence for the life of Francis using modern historical methods. The result is a complex yet sympathetic portrait of the man and the saint. |
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Physical Description: |
x, 299 p. : map ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-291) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780801450709 (cloth : alk. paper) 0801450705 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Author Notes: |
Augustine Thompson, O.P., is Professor of History at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. His most recent book is Cities of God: The Religion of the Italian Communes, 1125?1325 . |