Originally issued under title: Light in the dark ages : the friendship of Francis and Clare of Assisi. Brewster, Massachusetts : Paraclete Press, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-218) and index.
Contents:
Beginnings -- About their relationship -- To kiss a leper -- Rebuilding the church -- Who is my father? -- No frowning saints -- Trying to be like Jesus -- Jugglers for God -- Renewing the bonds of creation -- Being crucified with Christ -- The canticle of the creatures -- The sepulcher of St. Francis -- Burning books -- The rise and fall of the spirituals -- After Clare's death -- Light in the dark ages.
Summary:
Explores how Francis was first found by God and then joined by Clare despite the violent objections of her family, and delves into a variety of issues they faced including the treatment of lepers in medieval society, corruption in the thirteenth-century Church, and changing attitudes toward the created world.
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