Illness and Authority
«“Trembinski’s new monograph, rooted in Francis’s lived experience and admirable in all particulars for its thorough scholarly acumen, offers a crucial refinement of our historical understanding of Francis’s life, and of the origins and development of his order.”»
Leigh Ann Craig, Virginia Commonwealth University, <em>Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture</em>
Illness and Authority examines the lived experience and early stories about St. Francis of Assisi through the lens of disability studies. This new approach recentres Francis’ illnesses and infirmities and highlights how they became barriers to wielding traditional modes of masculine authority within both the Franciscan Order he founded and the church hierarchy. Les mer
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Whether downplaying the comfort Francis received from music to omitting doctors from the narratives of his life, early biographers worked to minimize the realities of his infirmities. When they could not do so, they turned the saint’s experiences into teachable moments that demonstrated his saintly and steadfast devotion and his trust in God. Illness and Authority explores the struggles that early authors of Francis’ vitae experienced as they tried to make sense of a figure whose life did not fit the traditional rhythms of a founder saint.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Toronto Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781487507411
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
- Priser
- Hagiography Society Book Prize 2022 2022
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«“Trembinski’s new monograph, rooted in Francis’s lived experience and admirable in all particulars for its thorough scholarly acumen, offers a crucial refinement of our historical understanding of Francis’s life, and of the origins and development of his order.”»
Leigh Ann Craig, Virginia Commonwealth University, <em>Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture</em>
«“It is not hyperbole to suggest that this book will have an immediate and long-lasting effect both on scholarship on the Franciscans and on medieval disability studies. It is a welcome addition to both.”»
Will Rogers, University of Louisiana, <em>The Medieval Review</em>