Donna Trembinski

Illness and Authority

Disability in the Life and Lives of Francis of Assisi

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Illness and Authority is the first monograph-length study to examine a well-known medieval saint from the perspective of disability studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 160mm x 238mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9781487507411
• ISBN-10: 1487507410
• Artikelnr.: 59081707

Autorenporträt

Donna Trembinski is an associate professor of Medieval History at St. Francis Xavier University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Francis Overdiagnosed and Undiagnosed
2. Recentring Illness and Infirmity in Francis’ Lived Experience
3. Et licet infirmus fuisset semper: Testimonies of Illness in the Early
Lives of Francis
4. Disability and Tensions in Francis’ Lived Experience
5. The Hagiographers’ Search for Meaning
6. On Disability, Power, and Gender: A Speculative Conclusion
Postscript: On the Importance of Disability as a Category of Analysis
Appendix. Recentring Illness: A Revised Chronology of Francis’ Life
Notes
Bibliography
Index