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Clare and the Poor Sisters in the Thirteenth Century

by Maria Pia Alberzoni

A new English-language resource on Clare and the Poor Ladies of San Damiano. Alberzoni provides a careful, contextual reading of the sources surrounding the foundation of the group living with Clare in the decades of change after the death of Francis.  ISBN: 978-1-57659-195-6

Colette of Corbie (1381-1447): Learning and Holiness

Elisabeth Lopez

In 1994, Elisabeth Lopez published, in French, the first serious study of Colette and her reform movement in a century. With a translation by Joanna Waller, this important work is appearing for the first time in English. This book fills a gap in the history of the Franciscan women during the Late Medieval period and specifically of the Poor Clares.

ISBN: 978-1-57659-217-5

In her book on the culture and holiness of Colette of Corbie, Elisabeth Lopez, presents the life of this saint as well as an historical overview of her reform movement among the Poor Clares and among the friars. Read through the eyes of her biographers, Pierre de Vaux and Sister Perrine, Lopez s rendition of Colette s vocation, personality and piety is fascinating to read. Lopez s book is necessary reading for anyone who wants to understand the many faceted aspects of the history of the Poor Clares. This book is historically rooted by the author s studies, is well documented by her access to the Archives in various Monasteries, especially Poligny, France and by her own personal experience of life in a Colettine Poor Clare Monastery. Pacelli Millane, O.S.C. --The Cord, Oct-Dec 2010

It is really wonderful that Elisabeth Lopez s book has now been translated into English, especially because it fills a gap in the history of Franciscan women during the Late Medieval period and specifically of the Poor Clares, whose diversity, spiritual creativity and influence have been emphasized by recent European scholarship. Andre Vauchez --Professor Emeritus of His