God's Troubadour, The Story of Saint Francis of Assisi (Yesterday's Classics) (English, Sophie Jewett)

About the Book

Relates how the gay, courtly young soldier became a knight of Jesus Christ, vowed devotion to Lady Poverty and proved himself the "little brother" to all men and even to the birds and beasts. The son of a wealthy merchant, Saint Francis of Assisi kept company in his youth with a lawless band of young nobles who were bent on having a good time and thought nothing of the comfort of other people. When sickness puts an end to his soldierly ambitions,…

ISBN: 9781599150550