Contents: religious and moral condition of Italy before the time of Joachim of Flora; Joachim of Flora; Francis of Assisi and the Franciscan Apostolate; Emperor Frederic II and the rationalistic spirit in southern Italy; exaltation of the Franciscan mysticism, the eternal gospel, John of Parma, Fra Salimbene; Holy See and the spiritual Franciscans, popular art and poetry; mysticism, moral philosophy and the faith of Dante; and a list of works by Gebhart.