Title Clare of Assisi : gentle warrior / Wendy Murray.

Publication Info.

Brewster , Massachsetts : San Damiano Books, Paraclete Press, 2020.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	271 MUR	Check Shelf
Simsbury Public Library - Biographies	BIOG CLARE OF ASSISI	Check Shelf

Description	205 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	"Clare is shown as 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents	Introduction: why care about Clare? -- Nobility -- Pining -- Trauma -- Concessions -- Grief -- Battle lines -- Letters -- Interior landscape -- "The tenor of our life" -- Assaults and visits -- Clarity -- Conclusion.
Subject	Clare, of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253.
	Poor Clares -- History.
	Poor Clares -- Biography.
	Franciscans -- Biography.
	Christian women saints -- Italy -- Assisi -- Biography.
	Christian saints -- Italy -- Assisi -- Biography.
	Clare, of Assisi, Saint, 1194-1253. (OCoLC)fst00109466
	Franciscans. (OCoLC)fst00530004
	Poor Clares. (OCoLC)fst00520925
	Christian saints. (OCoLC)fst00859491
	Christian women saints. (OCoLC)fst00859586
	Italy -- Assisi. (OCoLC)fst01206046
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Biographies.
ISBN	9781640601833 (trade paperback)
	164060183X (trade paperback)

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