This Is A New Release Of The Original 1911 Edition.

IT is difficult for a modern to enter into the thoughts and feelings of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Anyone who reads about St. Francis without having studied the age and country in which he lived is certain to misunderstand a good deal of what he reads; he would undoubtedly gain much from such reading, and might by degrees build up round the central object of his study the knowledge necessary to understand the general environment; but knowledge so acquired is apt to be deficient, one-sided, and full of gaps, and it is safer for a student to start from a general acquaintance with the European history of the period before embarking on any special medieval study. A student equipped with this general knowledge, who was attracted by St. Francis (1182-1226), might begin by reading one of the numerous Lives which have been published recently-either Sabatier's famous Vie de S. Franfois d' Assise (1st edition, 1894), which should be read in the original French, or Father Cuthbert's sympathetic Life of St. Francis of Assisi (Longmans, 1912), which has the advantage of being based on later researches. Gebhart's L'Italie mystique (Paris, 1890), though often inaccurate in details, contains very suggestive chapters on a phase of thought and feeling charactcristic of the thirteenth century and of the early Franciscan movement. The present Writer was led to begin a long course of Franciscan study by reading Brewer's preface to Monumenta Franciscana, . (Rolls Series)-an essay which is more or less out of date now, but still retains inspiring qualities. Two classes of controversial writings bearing on the history of the Order are to be distinguished: according as they are concerned-(a) with the controversies between the Mendicant Orders and the secular clergy; (b) with controversies within the Franciscan Order about the interpretation of the Rule and the observance of poverty. Both were complicated by the adhesion of a powerful section of the Franciscans to the doctrines of Joachim of Flora and the inferences drawn from them

Two Volumes In One. Volume 1, From Hobbes To Hume; Volume 2, From Burke To Mazzini.

This work is the chronicles of Brother Thomas of Eccleston and Brother Jordan of Giano, which is translated from the Critical Editions. Contents: Introduction: note on the translation, Brother Thomas and his chronicle, Brother Jordan and his chronicle, manuscripts, Bother Elias and the Order, administration of a Franciscan Province; On the Coming of the Friars Minor to England; Chronicle of Brother Jordan; Bibliography. Illustrated.

This work is the chronicles of Brother Thomas of Eccleston and Brother Jordan of Giano, which is translated from the Critical Editions. Contents: Introduction: note on the translation, Brother Thomas and his chronicle, Brother Jordan and his chronicle, manuscripts, Bother Elias and the Order, administration of a Franciscan Province; On the Coming of the Friars Minor to England; Chronicle of Brother Jordan; Bibliography. Illustrated.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

This work is the chronicles of Brother Thomas of Eccleston and Brother Jordan of Giano, which is translated from the Critical Editions. Contents: Introduction: note on the translation, Brother Thomas and his chronicle, Brother Jordan and his chronicle, manuscripts, Bother Elias and the Order, administration of a Franciscan Province; On the Coming of the Friars Minor to England; Chronicle of Brother Jordan; Bibliography. Illustrated.