Assisi Sanctuary: A Complete History of the Basilica of St. Francis and Its Sacred Treasures

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to stand in the exact spot where the Middle Ages ended and the Renaissance began? History is often taught as a series of dates and dry political maneuvers, but at the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, history is written in blood, stone, and celestial blue pigment. When Pope Gregory IX laid the first stone in 1228, he was not merely building a church;...