FRANCIS AND HIS BROTHERS A Popular History of the Franciscan Friars by DOMINIC V. MONTI, O.F.M.

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To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Franciscan Order, Franciscan scholar and historian, Dominic V. Monti, tells the beautiful and inspiring story of Francis of Assisi and his followers–the Order of Friars Minor or the Lesser Brothers–from beginning to current times. This history explores not only the medieval development of the world’s most beloved band of men but also the internal evolution and missionary efforts of the friars during the modern period, from the sixteenth century to the present. Monti give particular emphasis to the Order in the English speaking world: first England and Irelend then North America and the twentieth century expansion to other English speaking countries. Paper.