Table of Contents

Preface Chronology 1. Francis of Assisi between the renewal and restraints of feudal society 2. In search of the true Saint Francis 3. The Vocabulary of social categories in Saint Francis of Assisi and his thirteenth-century biographers 4. Franciscan and cultural models of the thireteenth century Bibliography and bibliographical supplement By the same author

About the Author

Jacques le Goff is Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. His books include The Medieval World (1997), History and Memory (1996), Medieval Civilization 400-1500 (1990) and The Medieval Imagination (1988).

Reviews

'Saint Francisis a short, powerful and rewarding study of one of the most striking of medieval figures. It succeeds in opening many and varied avenues through which he can be approached.' - Church times