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" Francis of Assisi : "
Augustine Thompson
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BL
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585723
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b414942
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| Main Entry
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Thompson, Augustine
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| Title & Author
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Francis of Assisi : : a new biography /\ Augustine Thompson
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x, 299 pages :: illustrations, maps, frontispiece ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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9780801450709
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: 0801450705
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-145, pages [279]-291) )and index
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| Contents
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The life. "When I was in my sins," 1181-1205 ; The penitent from Assisi, 1206-1209 ; The primitive fraternity, 1209-1215 ; Expansion and consolidation, 1216-1220 ; Francis returns home, 1220-1221 ; Rules and retirement, 1221-1223 ; The way of the cross, 1223-1225 ; From penitent to saint, 1225-1226 -- II Sources and debates
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| Abstract
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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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| Subject
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Francis,1182-1226
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Christian saints-- Italy-- Assisi, Biography
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| Dewey Classification
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271/.302B
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BX4700.F6T46 2012
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| Parallel Title
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Francis of Assisi
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