A Female Apostle in Medieval ItalyThis book centers on a fascinating woman, Clare of Rimini (c. 1260 to c. 132429), whose story is preserved in a fascinating text. Composed by an anonymous Franciscan, the Life of the Blessed Clare of Rimini is the earliest known saints life originally written in Italian, and one of the few such lives to be written while its subject was still living. It tells the story of a controversial woman, set against the background of her roiling city, her star