Bonaventure's Life of St Francis

    Course

    EUH2000; WOH2012

    Date (Original)

    Commissioned 1260

    Location

    Italian peninsula?

    Keywords

    Social History; Religious History; History of Christianity

    Description

    Bonaventure was the leader of the Franciscans between 1257 and 1274. At his order's request, Bonaventure wrote a new account of Francis's life, and the order tried to suppress earlier accounts of Francis's life. By Bonaventure’s time, the Franciscans’ organization had expanded and changed from Francis’s day. Compare and contrast his account to first Life of St Francis, by Thomas of Celano.

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