The world of St. Francis of Assisi : essays in honor of William R. Cook / edited by Bradley R. Franco, Beth A. Mulvaney.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Introduction: The world of St. Francis / Bradley R. Franco and Beth A. Mulvaney -- "You are simple and stupid" : Francis of Assisi and the rise of merchant capitalism / Christopher Ohan -- The functions of early Franciscan art / Bradley R. Franco -- Francis, the Sultan, and reading an image in context / Gregory W. Ahlquist -- Trial by fire : St. Francis and the Sultan in Italian art / Alexandra Dodson -- Illness and imagination : the healing miracles of Clare of Montefalco / Sara Ritchey -- Elevated vision : Bellini's Annunciation and the nuns at Santa Maria dei Miracoli / Beth A. Mulvaney -- Fraternal (un)masking : Shakespeare's Measure for measure and Dante's Inferno / Ronald B. Herzman -- The pilgrimage of the wolf : St. Francis as peacemaker in Gubbio and Nicaragua / Weston L. Kennison -- The wolf of Gubbio in context : the Igreja da Pampulha, Brazil / Mary R. McHugh -- Histories of the present : interpreting the poverty of St. Francis / Daniel J. Schultz -- Eyes wide open : Francis of Assisi and the duty of poverty / John K. Downey -- Creation and community consciousness : Il Poverello's intercultural and intergenerational insights and inspiration / John Hart -- My life with Francis / William R. Cook.

In The World of St. Francis of Assisi, thirteen scholars from diverse academic disciplines offer accounts of the way in which St. Francis shaped the world in which he lived and trace the saint's legacy in the intervening seven centuries.

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