Illness and Authority: Disability in the Life and Lives of Francis of Assisi

by Donna Trembinski

Illness and Authority examines the lived experience and early stories about St. Francis of Assisi through the lens of disability studies. This new approach recentres Francis' illnesses and infirmities and highlights how they became barriers to wielding traditional modes of masculine authority within both the Franciscan Order he founded and the church hierarchy. Members of the Franciscan leadership were so concerned about his health that the future...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487507410
• ISBN13: 9781487507411
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 5.3"