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In 1263, Bonaventure of Bagnoregio submitted a new life of Francis of Assisi. The Legenda Maior Sancti Francisci (Major Legend of Saint Francis) was soon decreed as the official biography for the Franciscan order. Despite its ongoing importance to the order, the Legenda Maior ca…

Explorations of how "the feminine" functions in the systematic mystical theology of Ibn al-'Arabi (1165-1240) begin, in English, with Reynold Nicholson's early 20th century analysis of Tarjuman al-Ashwaq and extend through the work of dozens of scholars since then, most notably …