Medieval Eschatology and St. Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi has been made the subject of numerous studies in modern times. His dedication to absolute poverty has elicited praise from admirers of varied character. That same ideal has frequently been made the object of unfriendly strictures. All too many researchers have granted him tolerant...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
[1940]
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Church history
Year: 1940, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-69 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages |
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| Summary: | Francis of Assisi has been made the subject of numerous studies in modern times. His dedication to absolute poverty has elicited praise from admirers of varied character. That same ideal has frequently been made the object of unfriendly strictures. All too many researchers have granted him tolerant dismissal as a naïve idealist. Such writers have damned him with the easy condescension of modern men. They have been too busy proclaiming his impracticability according to modern standards to appreciate what he was and accomplished as a medieval man. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-6407 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3160808 |