Francis I

Francis I
Author: R. J. Knecht
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1984-04-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521278874

R. J. Knect investigates the reign of Francis I of France.

Francis I

Francis I
Author: Leonie Frieda
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2018-03-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1474605583

Francis I (1494-1547) was inconstant, amorous, hot-headed and flawed. Arguably he was also the most significant king that France ever had. A contemporary of Henry VIII of England, Francis saw himself as the first Renaissance king. A courageous and heroic warrior, he was also a keen aesthete, an accomplished diplomat and an energetic ruler who turned his country into a force to be reckoned with. Bestselling historian Leonie Frieda's comprehensive and sympathetic account explores the life of the most human of all Renaissance monarchs - and the most enigmatic.

Renaissance Warrior and Patron

Renaissance Warrior and Patron
Author: R. J. Knecht
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 644
Release: 1994
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521578851

A paperback of Knecht's comprehensive account of one of France's most important monarchs.

Francis of Assisi - The Prophet: Early Documents, vol. 3

Francis of Assisi - The Prophet: Early Documents, vol. 3
Author: Regis J. Armstrong
Publisher: New City Press
Total Pages: 892
Release: 1999
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1565481143

The Prophet is the third volume in this extraordinary series of "the writings of Saint Francis and those of the early Franciscan witnesses" and it will "be of estimable value to scholars, students, and lovers of Il Poverello as well...a scholarly achievement done in the service of history, theology and spirituality." (Lawrence Cunningham)

Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2019-02-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 8027302188

Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history. In Chesterton's portrayal St. Francis is a mysterious figure and a man of paradox. Putting him and his life into historical perspective, Chesterton describes why his asceticism was necessary for his cause and what drove him to his life.

Francis of Assisi as Artist of the Spiritual Life

Francis of Assisi as Artist of the Spiritual Life
Author: Andrew T. McCarthy
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2010-08-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0761852514

Francis of Assisi as Artist of the Spiritual Life applies modern psychological understanding to a historical person. While most such studies have sought a comprehensive personality profile, this work focuses on one aspect — Francis' imagination — and seeks greater insight into the imaginatively inspired spiritual vision of St. Francis. An analysis of Francis' writings builds on a survey of modern views of the imagination and the approach of ORT, or Object Relations Theory. ORT, with its contention that the imaginative creation of an infant's world develops out of the earliest interactions with the maternal caregiver, highlights the way Francis formed his way of visualizing the reality around him. While any study of a person 800 years in the grave is more dependent on what is plausible than on what is determinable, this study finds numerous examples where Francis' writings display an adept use of imagination and even encourages others in that use in a manner that corresponds to an ORT perspective on tutoring the imagination.

St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi
Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: tredition
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2022-04-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 3347632591

St. Francis of Assisi - G. K. Chesterton - Francis of Assisi is, after Mary of Nazareth, perhaps the greatest saint in the Christian calendar, and one of the most influential men in the whole of human history. By universal acclaim, this biography by G. K. Chesterton is considered the best appreciation of Francis's life--the one that gets to the heart of the matter. G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was a prolific English journalist and author best known for his mystery series featuring the priest-detective Father Brown and for the metaphysical thriller The Man Who Was Thursday. Baptized into the Church of England, Chesterton underwent a crisis of faith as a young man and became fascinated with the occult. He eventually converted toRomanCatholicism and published some of Christianity's most influential apologetics, including Heretics and Orthodoxy.