PAUL SABATIER Quivere monachus est nihil reputat esse suum nisi
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I YOUTH
CHAPTER II STAGES OF CONVERSION Spring 1204 Spring 1206
CHAPTER III THE CHURCH ABOUT 1209
CHAPTER IV STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPH Spring of 1206 February 24, 1209
CHAPTER V FIRST YEAR OF APOSTOLATE Spring of 1209 Summer of 1210
CHAPTER VI ST. FRANCIS AND INNOCENT III Summer 1210 1
CHAPTER VII RIVO-TORTO 1210 1211
CHAPTER VIII PORTIUNCULA 1211
CHAPTER IX SANTA CLARA
CHAPTER X FIRST ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE INFIDELS Autumn, 1212 Summer, 1215
CHAPTER XI THE INNER MAN AND WONDER-WORKING
CHAPTER XII THE CHAPTER-GENERAL OF 1217 1
CHAPTER XIII ST. DOMINIC AND ST. FRANCIS The Egyptian Mission. Summer 1218 Autumn 1220
CHAPTER XIV THE CRISIS OF THE ORDER 1 Autumn, 1220
CHAPTER XV THE RULE OF 1221 1
CHAPTER XVI THE BROTHERS MINOR AND LEARNING Autumn, 1221 December, 1223
CHAPTER XVII THE STIGMATA 1224
CHAPTER XVIII THE CANTICLE OF THE SUN Autumn, 1224 Autumn, 1225
CHAPTER XIX THE LAST YEAR September, 1225 End of September, 1226
CHAPTER XX FRANCIS'S WILL AND DEATH End of September October 3, 1226
SUMMARY
CRITICAL STUDY OF THE SOURCES
I ST. FRANCIS'S WORKS
V CHRONICLES OUTSIDE OF THE ORDER I. Jacques de Vitry
APPENDIX CRITICAL STUDY OF THE STIGMATA AND THE INDULGENCE OF AUGUST 2 I. The Stigmata