Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Valencia, Avignon, and in between
2. Legatus a latere Christi: Provence, Lombardy, and in between
3. Iberian Return and the Compromise of Casp
4. Moral Reform and Peacemaking
5. Segregation and Conversion
6. Antichrist, 1403
7. Final Journeys: Perpignan, Vannes, and in between
Conclusion
Appendix

Promotional Information

"This book is a beautifully written and carefully researched biography of one of the superstar preachers of the later Middle Ages. Despite Ferrer's dark history, Daileader, in elegant and compelling prose, portrays Vincent as a man of conscience, one convinced that he was living at the end of days and whose final years marked a sort of tragic crisis. In short, Daileader has produced that rarest of historical works: one that is as satisfying to scholars as it is pleasing to the general reader." - Laura A. Smoller, Professor of History, University of Rochester, USA "The complex, conflicted life of Vincent Ferrer has been illuminated with a deft hand and a lucid vision in this welcome new study. Like panels in a stained-glass window, each chapter reveals both a distinctive aspect of the apocalyptic preacher's career, and the context that shaped it. The result is a balanced and well-documented yet highly readable narrative-one that helps make sense of the bewildering political, social, and religious world of the Great Schism." - Robin Vose, Associate Professor of History, St. Thomas University, Canada

About the Author

Philip Daileader is Associate Professor of History at The College of William and Mary, USA. He is the author of True Citizens: Violence, Memory, and Identity in the Medieval Community of Perpignan, 1162-1397 (2000; French translation, 2004) and co-editor of French Historians, 1900-2000: New Historical Writing in Twentieth-Century France (2010).

Reviews

“Saint Vincent Ferrer, His World and Life is carefully researched and, above all, a good read. It brilliantly accomplishes the goals Daileader sets in the introduction. It presents a nuanced view of the period’s most important evangelist by outlining the religious and social conditions that motivated his views. The apocalypticism that shaped his moral reform program and his efforts to segregate non-Christian communities also illuminates the process by which Spain came to reject its diverse religious past.” (Sol Miguel-Prendes, Speculum, Vol. 94 (3), July, 2019)