Francis of Assisi and his "Canticle of Brother Sun" reassessed /

"In his fairly short life - he lived from 1181 or 1182 to 1226 - Francis of Assisi wrote relatively little, but he taught, preached and lived so influentially, so charismatically, that his voice still speaks to us across the centuries. His Canticle of Brother Sun has been paid little attention...

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Glavni avtor: Moloney, Brian. (Author)
Format: Knjiga
Jezik:English
Izdano: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Serija:The new Middle Ages
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  • Il cantico di frate sole (Italian text and facing translation)
  • Il cantico di frate sole (An alternative translation)
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A man of his time
  • 3. Praise and pain: the composition of the Canticle
  • 4. Words and meanings
  • 5. Form and structure
  • 6. Francis's Mysticism and the Canticle
  • 7. 'My Sister Death'
  • 8. The Canticle and its contexts
  • 9. The 'Knight of Christ': Christian chivalry in the Canticle
  • 10. A Commentary on the Canticle
  • 11. Conclusion.