Clare of Assisi: Her Spirituality Revealed in Her Letters

Translated from the French by Colette Joly Dees "Clare of Assisi attempts merely to bring out of the shadows—where centuries have kept them hidden—a few essential aspects of Clare's spirituality and her thinking about Jesus Christ and human beings." —From the Introduction Clare of Assisi is one of the rare women of the Middle Ages whose writings have been preserved. We have Clare?s Testament, her Form of Life, her Blessing and five letters. Claire Marie Ledoux presents an introduction to the spirituality of Saint Clare as it is revealed in her writing, primarily through a close reading of Clare?s four letters to Agnes of Prague. Echoing the luminous insights of Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Clare offers an in-depth vision of human beings and of Christ to her sisters and to all those who seek to live the gospel fully. This work, first published in France, includes