Summary

Critical Study of the Sources

• I. St. Francis's Works.
• II. Biographies Properly So Called.
• 1. Preliminary Note.
• 2. First Life by Thomas of Celano.
• 3. Review of the History of the Order 1230-1244.
• 4. Legend of the Three Companions.
• 5. Fragments of the Suppressed Portion of the Legend.
• 6. Second Life by Thomas of Celano. First Part.
• 7. Second Life by Thomas of Celano. Second Part.
• 8. Documents of Secondary Importance:
• Biography for Use of the Choir.
• Life in Verse.
• Biography by Giovanni di Ceperano.
• Life by Brother Julian.
• 9. Legend of St. Bonaventura.
• 10. De Laudibus of Bernard of Besse.
• III. Diplomatic Documents.
• 1. Donation of the Verna.
• 2. Registers of Cardinal Ugolini.
• 3. Bulls.
• IV. Chroniclers of the Order.
• 1. Chronicle of Brother Giordano di Giano.
• 2. Eccleston: Arrival of the Friars in England.
• 3. Chronicle of Fra Salimbeni.
• 4. Chronicle of the Tribulations.
• 5. The Fioretti and their Appendices.
• 6. Chronicle of the XXIV. Generals.
• 7. The Conformities of Bartolommeo di Pisa.
• 8. Glassberger's Chronicle.
• 9. Chronicle of Mark of Lisbon.
• V. Chroniclers not of the Order.
• 1. Jacques de Vitry.
• 2. Thomas of Spalato.
• 3. Divers Chroniclers.