A Female Apostle in Medieval Italy : : The Life of Clare of Rimini / / Sean L. Field, Jacques Dalarun, Valerio Cappozzo.

This book centers on a fascinating woman, Clare of Rimini (c. 1260 to c. 1324–29), whose story is preserved in a fascinating text. Composed by an anonymous Franciscan, the Life of the Blessed Clare of Rimini is the earliest known saint’s life originally written in Italian, and one of the few such li...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TIMELINE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1 Space, Time, Social Setting
  • CHAPTER 2 From Human Desire to Divine Love
  • CHAPTER 3 Doing Penance
  • CHAPTER 4 Far from Home
  • CHAPTER 5 A Room of One’s Own
  • CHAPTER 6 The Shadow of Heresy
  • CHAPTER 7 The Word of God
  • CHAPTER 8 Visions of Community
  • CHAPTER 9 From Intuition to Institution
  • CHAPTER 10 An Apostle on the Road
  • CHAPTER 11 The Power of Images
  • CHAPTER 12 Through a Glass Darkly
  • EPILOGUE Death, Life, Afterlife
  • APPENDIX The Manuscript of The Life of the Blessed Clare of Rimini
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
  • INDEX
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS