Clare of Assisi, 1194 - 1253 - HIS 216 & REL 216 Church History I: Ancient & Middle Ages

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The Privilege of Poverty : Clare of Assisi, Agnes of Prague, and the Struggle for a Franciscan Rule for Women by Joan Mueller
ISBN: 9780271027692
Publication Date: 2007-12-13
Early in the thirteenth century a young woman named Clare was so moved by the teachings of Francis of Assisi that she renounced her possessions, vowing to live a life of radical poverty. Today Clare is remembered for her relationship with Francis, but her own dedication to poverty and her struggle to gain papal approval for a Franciscan Rule for women is a fascinating story that has not received the attention it deserves. In The Privilege of Poverty, Joan Mueller tells this story.
Clare of Assisi : a heart full of love by Ilia Delio
ISBN: 9780867167894
Publication Date: 2007-03-05
Ilia Delio illustrates how Clare, through her life, her writings, letters, prayer and example, is truly a mystic who helped generations of Catholics clearly see how Christ took on human flesh, not just to suffer and die for us, but to help us all in turn reflect back the face of Christ to the world. Clare was not simply a follower of Francis, she was a formidable, resolute, devout and loving saint whose life centered on this essence of human identity--Christ is in each of us--and who sought to teach us to just be ourselves and to let God dwell within us.
Saint Clare : Beyond the Legend by Marco Bartoli; Frances Teresa Downing (Translator); Murray Bodo (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780867169508
Publication Date: 2010-03-05
Bartoli explores what has been said about Clare and what has not been said, between evidence and interpretation, between silence and memory, using the most important source for knowing Clare, the Legenda sanctae Clarae virginis (The Legend of Saint Clare the Virgin), written by order of the pope on the occasion of Clare's canonization.
Women in Church History: 20 stories for 20 centuries by Joanne Turpin
ISBN: 9780867160963
Publication Date: 1990-05-01
Prisca the Evangelist -- Perpetua of Carthage -- Apollonia of Alexandria -- Macrina of Cappadocia -- Pulcheria of Constantinople -- Brigid of Kildare -- Hilda of Whitby -- Lioba, Anglo-Saxon Missionary to Germany -- Ludmila of Bohemia -- Adelaide, Empress of the Holy Empire -- Margaret of Scotland -- Hildegard of Bingen -- Clare of Assisi -- Catherine of Siena -- Catherine of Genoa -- Teresa of Avila -- Louise de Marillac -- Anne Marie Javouhey -- Elizabeth Lange -- Jean Donovan.

A Companion to Clare of Assisi: life, writings, and spirituality by Joan Mueller
ISBN: 9789004193437
Publication Date: 2010
Bringing together the best of international research, Clare of Assisi: Life, Writings and Spirituality examines Clare's history and hagiography and offers critical translations and literary analyses of her Forma Vitae and her four letters to Agnes of Prague.
Creating Clare of Assisi: female Franciscan identities in later medieval Italy by Lezlie S. Knox
ISBN: 9789047443063
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Drawing upon the writings of medieval women, this book distinguishes the historical figure of Clare of Assisi from the uses made of her spiritual legacy in debates over the role of women in the Franciscan Order in later medieval Italy.
Origin, Development, and Refinement of Medieval Religious Mendicancies
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
The purpose and intention of this handbook is to offer an analysis of the term mendicancy and to present an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the phenomenon of religious mendicancy in the central and later middle ages. It provides a contextualized guide that will introduce the central issues in contemporary scholarship regarding the mendicant orders. This project approaches the controversies from a multitude of angles and unites in one volume the insights of different disciplines such as social and intellectual history, literary analysis, and theology.