<p>A companion to the four-volume publication of Francis of Assisi: Early Documents and a resource for those studying early Franciscanism. This book helps the reader appreciate St Clare in the context of her culture and time.&nbsp;</p><p>This third edition of&nbsp;<em>Clare of Assisi: Early Documents</em>&nbsp;offers evidence of a greater sophistication in interpreting and presenting the texts emerging from a new wave of scholarship. Unlike the earlier editions, the writings of Clare appear in two separate sections: the first, entitled &ldquo;May You Live Blessed Poverty,&rdquo; presents Clare&rsquo;s letters to Agnes of Prague, her Testament, and her Blessing; the second, &ldquo;Together with My Sisters,&rdquo; brings together the earlier documents of Pope Honorius III, Cardinal Hugolino, later Pope Gregory IX, and Pope Innocent IV that affected and eventually culminated in Clare&rsquo;s Form of Life. The editor and his collaborators hope that, in this way, the depth of Clare&rsquo;s Gospel spirituality will underscore her struggle to articulate her vision of the daily life of her sisters. The third section of this edition of Clare of Assisi: Early Documents presents another dimension of the scholarly work done on these texts. Entitled &ldquo;The Brilliance of Her Life,&rdquo; the critical apparatus accompanying the hagiographical texts affords the reader and the student of Clare&rsquo;s life more user-friendly cross-references.</p><p><em>Clare of Assisi: Early Documents</em>&nbsp;provides new translations of Clare&#39;s writings and related primary sources, revised and new introductions from earlier editions, as well as previously unpublished documents to chronicle the life of Saint Clare.</p>