Medievalists.net » St. Francis of Assisi http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 10 Creepy Things to See at the Louvre That Are Better Than the Mona Lisa http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/10/10-creepy-things-see-louvre-better-mona-lisa/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/10/10-creepy-things-see-louvre-better-mona-lisa/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:14:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56035 If you're an ancient historian, a medievalist, or early modernist, there are so many other amazing pieces and works of art a the Louvre other than these two tourist staples. Here is my list of cool, creepy, unusual and better than the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/10/10-creepy-things-see-louvre-better-mona-lisa/feed/ 0 The Friars Preachers: The First Hundred Years of the Dominican Order http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/friars-preachers-first-hundred-years-dominican-order/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/friars-preachers-first-hundred-years-dominican-order/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2014 00:40:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52412 When Dominic of Caleruega began preaching in southern France in the early 1200s, he would have had no idea of the far reaching influence that the band of men he would attract would leave such a broad and enduring influence on medieval history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/friars-preachers-first-hundred-years-dominican-order/feed/ 0 Dreams in medieval Saints’ lives: Saint Francis of Assisi http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/dreams-medieval-saints-lives-saint-francis-assisi/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/dreams-medieval-saints-lives-saint-francis-assisi/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:55:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50428 How do medieval descriptions of dreams or visions reflect spiritual growth? What images are used as rhetorical or hagiographical means? And what can we learn from the interpretation of these spiritual images in a late medieval literary context?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/15/dreams-medieval-saints-lives-saint-francis-assisi/feed/ 0 Kickstarter campaign to restore St.Francis of Assisi’s home in Rome http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/15/kickstarter-campaign-restore-st-francis-assisis-home-rome/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/15/kickstarter-campaign-restore-st-francis-assisis-home-rome/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:02:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48303 The Franciscan order hopes to raise $125 000 to restore a convent in Rome which was the home of St. Francis of Assisi. They have created a Kickstarter campaign to ask for donations from the public.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/15/kickstarter-campaign-restore-st-francis-assisis-home-rome/feed/ 0 BOOKS:Medieval Celebrities! http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/03/medieval-celebrities-books/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/03/medieval-celebrities-books/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2014 23:54:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48013 They may not have won any Oscars, but they were definitely medieval celebrities! Here are some great reads about some of the most famous faces of the Middle Ages

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/love-and-saint-francis-of-assisi-a-performer-in-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 “The Eucharist and the Negotiation of Orthodoxy in the High Middle Ages” http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/15/the-eucharist-and-the-negotiation-of-orthodoxy-in-the-high-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/15/the-eucharist-and-the-negotiation-of-orthodoxy-in-the-high-middle-ages/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:29:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37161 This paper is part of Adam Hoose's dissertation. It examined the differences between Waldensians and Franciscans in their treatment of the Eucharist. It also explored why the Waldensians were unsuccessful in their bid to become a legitimate religious order and were eventually marginalized as heretics.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/15/the-eucharist-and-the-negotiation-of-orthodoxy-in-the-high-middle-ages/feed/ 0 The Friar and the Sultan: Francis of Assisi’s Mission to Egypt http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/24/the-friar-and-the-sultan-francis-of-assisis-mission-to-egypt/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/24/the-friar-and-the-sultan-francis-of-assisis-mission-to-egypt/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:07:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36660 In September, 1219, Francis of Assisi went to Egypt to preach to Sultan al-Malik al-Kâmil.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/24/the-friar-and-the-sultan-francis-of-assisis-mission-to-egypt/feed/ 0 “The Letter Kills, But the Spirit Gives Life”: The Rise of Learning in the Franciscan Order, 1210-1310 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/14/the-letter-kills-but-the-spirit-gives-life-the-rise-of-learning-in-the-franciscan-order-1210-1310/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/14/the-letter-kills-but-the-spirit-gives-life-the-rise-of-learning-in-the-franciscan-order-1210-1310/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:06:30 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30149 The twelfth century was marked by a general enthusiasm for two phenomena: scholastic learning and voluntary poverty. The division of society into clergy and laymen maintained itself in response to these two enthusiasms.

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