The Writings of St . Francis of AssisiEsser, KajetanArmstrong, Regis J., J. A. Wayne Hellmann, and William Short. eds. "The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi". The Saint. Vol. I of Francis of Assisi: Early Documents. New York: New City Press, 1999....
St. Francis of Assisi had rejected the formal Scholasticism of the prevailing Christian theology and gone out among the poor praising the beauties and spiritual value of nature. His example inspired Italian artists and poets to take pleasure in the world around them. The work of the most famous...