Saint Francis of Assisi

If you thought you knew a good deal about St. Francis, this book will prove to be an eye-opener. This collection of papers imaginatively and factually evokes the feudal world in which Francis lived. Le Goff provides a penetrating biographical assessment of his life and influence, going on to discuss the vocabulary of social categories and the cultural models of the 13th century in terms of space and time, the economy, structures of society and culture. In this way the reader is able to enter into the mediaeval mind. All this highlights the enormous influence that Francis exerted on the Church's spiritual revival.