The Riches of Simplicity

by Timothy Jones

Perhaps no one has captivated the hearts of such a wide spectrum of Christians as Francis and Clare of Assisi. These 13th-century Italian saints are depicted through biographical vignettes as well as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835808343
• ISBN13: 9780835808347
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Upper Room Books
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Primary Source for Christian History and Homeschoolers

Last year I used *Francis and Clare: The Complete Works* (Paulist Press) for a course in medieval literature and history at the classical school where I teach. We found it rather dry for high school students and, for the coming year, have adopted this volume, *The Riches of Simplicity* (Upper Room Spiritual Classics). Advantages: (a) it's shorter; (b) it's considerably less expensive; (c) it includes an excerpt from a contemporary of Francis, Thomas of Celano, as well as the famous "Wolf of Gubbio" tale from *The Little Flowers of St. Francis*; (d) it includes suggestions for group reading; and(e) its introduction gives a thumbnail sketch of Francis' and Clare's accomplishments in a highly readable style suitable for teen readers. Both Catholic and Protestant readers will come away with both head knowledge and heart knowledge of a man and woman so devoted to the cause of Christ that they bucked the medieval system to bring their mission to the streets of twelfth-century Europe and beyond.