_The Knighthood of St. Martin by Simone Martini_ (_D. Anderson--photo_) 201 _Bird's Eye View of the Basilica and Convent of San Francesco, from a drawing made in 1820_ 213 _San Francesco from the Tescio_ 217 _Staircase leading from the Upper to the Lower Piazza of San Francesco_ 220 _San Francesco from the Ponte S. Vittorino_ 222 _A Friar of the Minor Conventual Order of St. Francis_ 225 _St. Francis Renounces the World_ (_D. Anderson--photo_) 233 _Death of the Knight of Celano_ (_D. Anderson--photo_) 247 _Arms of the Franciscans from the Intarsia of the Stalls_ 257 _Door through which St. Clare left the Palazzo Scifi_ 262 _San Damiano, showing the Window with the Ledge whence St. Claire routed the Saracens_ 268 _Santa Chiara_ 282 _Santa Chiara from near the Porta Mojano_ 287 _Campanile of San Rufino_ 290 _Door of San Rufino_ 295 _The Dome and Apse of San Rufino from the Canon's Garden_ 298 _Campanile of Sta. Maria Maggiore_ 309 _Church of Sta. Maria Maggiore_ 310 _Church of S. Pietro_ 313 _Confraternity of San Francescuccio in Via Garibaldi_ 315 _Monte Frumentorio in the Via Principe di Napoli_ 320 _House of the Comacine Builders in the Via Principe di Napole_ 322 _Looking across the Assisan roofs towards the East_ 325 _View of San Francesco from beneath the Castle Walls_ 332 _The Garden of the Roses at Sta. Maria degli Angeli_ 339 _The Fonte Marcella by Galeazzo Alessi_ 346 _An Assisan Garden in Via Garibaldi_ 347 _Umbrian Oxen_ 349 _Women from the Basilicata_ 351 _San Francesco_ 356 _Plan of Assisi_ 372 The Story of Assisi CHAPTER I _War and Strife_