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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi (Summarized Edition). Enriched edition. A biographical paradox of holiness in Medieval Italy: asceticism, Christian mysticism, and spiritual awakening
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- Nombre de pages78
- FormatePub
- ISBN859-65--4787888-9
- EAN8596547878889
- Date de parution10/01/2026
- Protection num.Digital Watermarking
- Taille832 Ko
- Infos supplémentairesepub
- ÉditeurQUICKIE CLASSICS
Résumé
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi offers a brisk, luminous portrait that fuses biography, hagiography, and cultural critique. Chesterton advances by aphorism and paradox, situating Francis amid the rise of the communes, troubadour lyric, the challenge of heresy, and the birth of mendicant poverty. He reads Brother Sun and Sister Moon beside fierce asceticism, arguing that Francis's gaiety is orthodoxy rediscovered through poverty and praise.
G. K. Chesterton-essayist, polemicist, and recent Catholic convert when he wrote the book-brings the genial precision of Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. He resists romantic vagueness and reductive psychologizing, presenting sanctity as sane delight. A journalist's eye, medievalist sympathies, and long debate with modern skeptics equip him to show Francis as troubadour-reformer whose poverty critiques power without scorning creation.
Recommended to readers of spiritual biography and medieval studies alike, this work balances accessibility with intellectual bite. Skeptics and believers will meet a Francis at once historical and startlingly fresh. Read it alongside Bonaventure or Dante-or simply as a radiant corrective to thin modern caricatures. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable-distilled, never diluted.
Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
G. K. Chesterton-essayist, polemicist, and recent Catholic convert when he wrote the book-brings the genial precision of Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. He resists romantic vagueness and reductive psychologizing, presenting sanctity as sane delight. A journalist's eye, medievalist sympathies, and long debate with modern skeptics equip him to show Francis as troubadour-reformer whose poverty critiques power without scorning creation.
Recommended to readers of spiritual biography and medieval studies alike, this work balances accessibility with intellectual bite. Skeptics and believers will meet a Francis at once historical and startlingly fresh. Read it alongside Bonaventure or Dante-or simply as a radiant corrective to thin modern caricatures. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable-distilled, never diluted.
Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
