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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812134003321
• Autore: Mueller Joan <1956->
• 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 .