Blessed are the Meek

“Blessed are the Meek” by Zofia Kossak. This is an historical novel which restores one of the critical periods of Christian history. It has as its background the history of the end of the twelfth and the beginnings of the thirteenth centuries. Francis of Assisi is the hero of the story, but Jean de Brienne takes an important part in the plot, while Francis appears every now and then in important scenes to show himself as the meek man, as he is portrayed throughout this novel. After Pope...