Illness and Authority
Disability in the Life and Lives of Francis of Assisi
Seiten
2020
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0741-1 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0741-1 (ISBN)
Illness and Authority is the first monograph-length study to examine a well-known medieval saint from the perspective of disability studies.
Illness and Authority examines the lived experience and early stories about St. Francis of Assisi through the lens of disability studies. This new approach recentres Francis’ illnesses and infirmities and highlights how they became barriers to wielding traditional modes of masculine authority within both the Franciscan Order he founded and the church hierarchy. Members of the Franciscan leadership were so concerned about his health that the future saint was compelled to seek out medical treatment and spent the last two years of his life in the nearly constant care of doctors. Unlike other studies of Francis’ ailments, Illness and Authority focuses on the impact of his illnesses on his autonomy and secular power, rather than his spiritual authority.
Whether downplaying the comfort Francis received from music to omitting doctors from the narratives of his life, early biographers worked to minimize the realities of his infirmities. When they could not do so, they turned the saint’s experiences into teachable moments that demonstrated his saintly and steadfast devotion and his trust in God. Illness and Authority explores the struggles that early authors of Francis’ vitae experienced as they tried to make sense of a figure whose life did not fit the traditional rhythms of a founder saint.
Illness and Authority examines the lived experience and early stories about St. Francis of Assisi through the lens of disability studies. This new approach recentres Francis’ illnesses and infirmities and highlights how they became barriers to wielding traditional modes of masculine authority within both the Franciscan Order he founded and the church hierarchy. Members of the Franciscan leadership were so concerned about his health that the future saint was compelled to seek out medical treatment and spent the last two years of his life in the nearly constant care of doctors. Unlike other studies of Francis’ ailments, Illness and Authority focuses on the impact of his illnesses on his autonomy and secular power, rather than his spiritual authority.
Whether downplaying the comfort Francis received from music to omitting doctors from the narratives of his life, early biographers worked to minimize the realities of his infirmities. When they could not do so, they turned the saint’s experiences into teachable moments that demonstrated his saintly and steadfast devotion and his trust in God. Illness and Authority explores the struggles that early authors of Francis’ vitae experienced as they tried to make sense of a figure whose life did not fit the traditional rhythms of a founder saint.
Donna Trembinski is an associate professor of Medieval History at St. Francis Xavier University.
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 520 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4875-0741-0 / 1487507410 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-0741-1 / 9781487507411 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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