Known for speaking with the birds for professing poverty receiving thestigmata and for initiating the Franciscan order Francis of Assisi is one ofthe most radic... » 

Known for speaking with the birds for professing poverty receiving thestigmata and for initiating the Franciscan order Francis of Assisi is one ofthe most radical and inspiring figures in church history.In this celebrated biography now available in English for the first time thedistinguished medievalist Jacques Le Goff paints a detailed picture of the lifeof Francis of Assisi. Locating Francis in the feudal world of the twelfth andthirteenth centuries and exploring the social and political changes takingplace at the time Le Goff assess the dramatic influence of the saint on themedieval church and celebrates his role in the spiritual revival of theCatholic Church. «