SPECIAL EVENT: Alessandro Barbero in 'San Francesco'.

Who was Francis of Assisi? The one reported in the biographies written by friars who had known him closely, or the one in the biography by Bonaventure of Bagnoregio written forty years after his death or in others found after they had disappeared?
Alessandro Barbero takes us inside the many versions of the saint's life that have come down to us, showing the intricate play of mirrors that has multiplied, fractioned and, in the end, constructed the story of Saint Francis. The saint we all think we know.

ALESSANDRO BARBERO
Alessandro Barbero has taught Medieval History at the University of Eastern Piedmont. He won the Strega Prize in 1996 with the historical novel Bella vita e guerre altrui di Mr. Pyle, gentiluomo. He collaborated for many years with Piero Angela's Superquark programme and his podcasts are among the most popular. Among his many works for Laterza: Dizionario del Medioevo (with C. Frugoni); Medioevo. Storia di voci, racconto di immagini (with C. Frugoni); Carlo Magno. A Father of Europe; The Battle. History of Waterloo; 9 August 378 the Day of the Barbarians; Barbarians. Immigrants, refugees, deportees in the Roman Empire; Blessed Wars. Crusades and jihad; Lepanto. The Battle of the Three Empires; Women, Merchants and Knights. Six medieval stories; The Pope's words. From Gregory VII to Francis; Caporetto; Dante; The Aristocracy in Medieval Society; All’arme! To arms! The priors make flesh!; St. Francis.