Illness and Authority: Disability in the Life and Lives of Francis of Assisi
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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. Members of the Franciscan leadership were so concerned about his health that the future...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1487507410
ISBN13:9781487507411
Release Date:November 2020
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.8" x 5.3"
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