Download or read book Jacopone da Todi written by Evelyn Underhill and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-09 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The object of this book is to give the English readers the material necessary for a full understanding of one of the greatest and most interesting Italian mystical poets: Jacopone da Todi, the typical singer of the Franciscan movement, the first writer of philosophic religious poetry, and perhaps the most picturesque figure in the history of early Italian Literature. - From the Preface