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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812134003321

Autore

Mueller Joan <1956->

Titolo

A companion to Clare of Assisi : life, writings, and spirituality / / by Joan Mueller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-78673-3

9786612786730

90-04-19343-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; ; v. 21

Disciplina

271/.97302

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-299) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / J. Mueller -- Introduction / J. Mueller -- Chapter One. The Franciscan Choice / J. Mueller -- Chapter Two. The Monastery Of S. Damiano / J. Mueller -- Chapter Three. The Politics Of “Infant’s Milk”: Clare Of Assisi And The Privilege Of Poverty / J. Mueller -- Chapter Four. The Ordo That Gregory IX Founded: Clare Among Other Ugolinian Sisters / J. Mueller -- Chapter Five. Reading Clare’s Letters In Context / J. Mueller -- Chapter Six. The Agnes Legend In Clare’s Letters / J. Mueller -- Chapter Seven. Clare’s Forma Vitae: Unique Contributions / J. Mueller -- Clare’s First Letter To Agnes / J. Mueller -- Clare’s Second Letter To Agnes / J. Mueller -- Clare’s Third Letter To Agnes / J. Mueller -- Clare’s Fourth Letter To Agnes / J. Mueller -- Clare’s Forma Vitae / J. Mueller -- Bibliography / J. Mueller -- Index Of Subject / J. Mueller -- Illustrations / J. Mueller.

Sommario/riassunto

Clare of Assisi: Life, Writings and Spirituality examines Clare not merely as an obedient footnote to the friars, but as a Franciscan founder in her own right who kept primitive Franciscan ideals alive into the middle of the thirteenth century and transposed them into a woman’s key. Bringing together the best of international research, the text examines Clare’s importance within the early Franciscan milieu and her contribution to the thirteenth-century women's movement. It studies the radicalism of Clare's Franciscan choice, her life within the



Monastery of San Damiano, her politicking with Agnes of Prague for the "privilege of poverty," and her uniqueness among other women in Gregory IX's Damianite ordo. Following this historical study are critical translations and literary analyses of Clare's four letters to Agnes of Prague as well as a new translation and commentary on Clare’s Forma Vitae .