"Cusato is the most accomplished historian of the early Minorite Movement working today. In his engaging historical narrative, he brings together the insights garnered from his many years of meticulous research and publications on the origins and development of the Lesser Brothers and Sisters in the context of their appearance in Umbria in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. Francis of Assisi: His Life, Vision and Companions sets the standard for any future work on Francis and Clare and the Minorite movement."–Michael W. Blastic, Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego
