{"product_id":"2026200009938-secondhand-the-world-of-san-bernardino","title":"The World Of San Bernardino","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn\/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the turbulent heart of fifteenth-century Italy, a single friar commanded the devotion of thousands — San Bernardino of Siena, the most celebrated preacher of his age. Iris Origo's The World of San Bernardino chronicles the life and extraordinary influence of this Franciscan saint, painting a vivid portrait of a man who thundered against the vices of usury, vanity, and faction while simultaneously capturing the imagination of an entire civilization. Set against the backdrop of Renaissance Italy — its merchant republics, its plague-ridden streets, and its fierce civic pride — the book reconstructs a world teetering between medieval piety and the dawning humanism of a new era.\n\nOrigo, one of the most distinguished Anglo-Italian historians of the twentieth century, brings to this biography her characteristic blend of meticulous scholarship and luminous prose. Drawing on contemporary sermons, chronicles, and archival sources, she presents San Bernardino not merely as a religious icon but as a window into the social fabric and moral anxieties of an entire society. Those who have encountered her masterwork The Merchant of Prato will find here the same gift for making the distant past feel urgently, compellingly alive — and will find themselves asking how one man's voice could echo so powerfully across the centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130484007131,"sku":"2026200009938-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/67861dec-ad54-4256-ba16-e722070ffe34.png?v=1786585876","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009938-secondhand-the-world-of-san-bernardino","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}