| Description |
xvi, 382 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-372) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Thirteenth to fourteenth centuries. 1. Francis, model for the spiritual renewal of the church: Jacques de Vitry (1220 and 1223-1225) -- 2. Al-Kamil, worthy adversary of the crusaders: anonymous Chronicle of the Crusade (1227-1229) -- 3. Great thirst for martyrdom: Thomas of Celano, Vita prima (1228) -- 4. Epic hero and eminent professor: Henry of Avranches (1229-1230) -- 5. Bearer of the precepts of life: the Bardi Dossal (1240s) -- 6. Burning with a perfect love: Bonaventure, Legenda maior (1263) -- 7. Trial by fire: the Assisi fresco (late thirteenth century) -- 8. Father of the spirituals: Angelo Clareno (1326) -- 9. The sultan converted: the Deeds of Blessed Francis and his Companions (1327-1337) -- Part II. Fourteenth to twenty-first centuries. 10. Trial by fire in painting and sculpture -- 11. The Saint of Assisi confronts barbarous infidelity: sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- 12. Saint and sultan seen by Philosophes and traditionalists: eighteenth century -- 13. Francis in Jerusalem -- 14. Francis, apostle of peace. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. |
| Subject |
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.
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Malik al-Kmil Muammad, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1180?-1238.
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Missions to Muslims -- Egypt -- Historiography.
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Christian hagiography.
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Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226 -- Art.
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Christian art and symbolism.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| Added Title |
Curious history of a Christian-Muslim encounter |
| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| Other Form: |
Original 9780199239726 (DLC) 2008053082 |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb31237 hdl |
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