Clare of Assisi: Gentle Warrior

by Wendy Murray

Clare of Assisi is generally known as "the female friend" of Saint Francis of Assisi and for centuries her legacy has remained obscured by his shadow. Yet Clare's life and story ought to shine in its own light and on its own terms (her name, after all, means "light"). She is a figure of true heroism, tenacity, beatitude and grit who plotted her improbable course in the context of the raucous and explosive period of the Middle Ages. Much went wrong...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164060183X
• ISBN13: 9781640601833
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"