A Watch in the Night Biography By François Mauriac

By François Mauriac

for friends

such as the saving of Queen Gwenevere and the struggle with Sir Gawaine

and preaching

as in the other stages of history

A Watch in the Night Biography By François MauriacBy Helen C. White A Watch in the Night tells of one Jacopone da Todi, a famous poet of the Middle Ages. Devastated by the sudden death of his wife, Jacopone forsakes all his earthy possessions, undertaking a new life of asceticism and penance and eventually joining the Franciscan Order. There he assumes a critical role in the Orders internal struggles between the Conventuals, who affirm a more lenient interpretation of St. Franciss rule, and