{"product_id":"francis-of-assisi-volker-leppin-9780300263800","title":"Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi and his medieval world, uncovering the man behind the myths\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of the most famous figures in Christian history, Francis of Assisi (1181\/82-1226) was revered as a miracle worker during his life and quickly canonized after his death. He has inspired generations of Christians and other spiritual seekers, from medieval ascetics to 1960s hippies and modern environmentalists. The \"poverello\" wrote poems praising the sun, moon, and stars, spoke to the birds, and--so the story goes--even tamed a wolf. But what do we know for sure about who he was, and what is simply legend? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on centuries of scholarship, Volker Leppin pieces together fragments of Francis's life story to find a seeker who never reached his destination, a man whose extraordinary charisma drew others in yet who was uncomfortable in the spotlight. Amazingly, Francis stayed within the fold of the church while offering a new and radical philosophy of Christianity that proved wildly popular. Leppin's \u003ci\u003eFrancis of Assisi\u003c\/i\u003e, translated from the German by Rhys S. Bezzant, sets Francis's inner emotional and spiritual world against a broader historical background to show how the message of this stimulating, irritating, and even disturbing medieval saint continues to resonate in our contemporary world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Volker Leppin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300263805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300263800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Volker Leppin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46136246337791,"sku":"9780300263800","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce6cdb0c-2b6e-476a-aef1-468846b704df.jpg?v=1726416115","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/francis-of-assisi-volker-leppin-9780300263800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}