Welcome to the fourth episode of Francis of Assisi Young Merchant of the Middle Ages, written and presented by Kathleen Brady, author of Lucille The Life of Lucille Ball and Ida Tarbell Portrait of A Muckraker.  New episodes will be posted every few weeks and  there will be five or six in all. 

In this episode we discuss Francis' life as an adolescent merchant, troubadour and fighter. 

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(For the sources of these podcasts, go to Podcast #2 

Welcome to the third episode of Francis of Assisi Young Merchant of the Middle Ages, written and presented by Kathleen Brady, author of Lucille The Life of Lucille Ball and Ida Tarbell Portrait of A Muckraker. I will post new episodes every few weeks and I expect there will be six in all. In this first episode we discuss the following:

-- The traders at the great French fair and their wares

-- Construction of the Troyes cathedral

-- Inspiring tales of chivalry and Charlemagne

(See podcast #2 for sources)

All woodcuts provided by James L. Matterer

-- Opposition to the authority of priests

-- The Challenge of his own changing body

-- Encountering the great world outside Assisi

All woodcuts provided by James L. Matterer

SOURCES FOR THE PODCASTS

Fortini, Arnaldo. Assisi nel Medio Evo  Roma: Societa Internazionale degli studi Francescani, 1940

                      Francis of Assisi  New York: Crossroad, 1981

 Habig, Marion A. (ed.) St. Francis of Assisi: Writings and Early Biographies, English Omnibus of the Sources for the Life of Francis of Assisi Quincy, Illinois: Franciscan Press, 1991

[works by Bonaventure, Thomas of Celano and The Little Flowers of St.Francis, Mirror of Perfection et al.]

  Holmes, Urban T. and Klenke, M. Amelia. Chretien, Troyes, and the Grail Chapel Hill: University of          North Carolina Press, 1959

Sabatier, Paul (Louise Seymour Houghton, Translator). Life of St. Francis of Assisi New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1916                                                

Welcome to the Introduction of Francis of Assisi Young Merchant of the Middle Ages, written and presented by Kathleen Brady, author of Lucille The Life of Lucille Ball and Ida Tarbell Portrait of A Muckraker. In this first episode we discuss how this podcast came to be; Assisi at the time of Francis' birth, and his early life and school days. I will post new episodes every few weeks and I expect there will be five in all. Pax et bonum!