• I. Preliminary Note
• II. First Life by Thomas of Celano7
• III. Survey of the History of the Order from 1230-1244
• IV. Legend of the Three Companions30
• V. Fragments of the Suppressed Part of the Legend of the Three Companions
• VI. Second Life by Thomas of Celano54
• VII. Second Life by Thomas of Celano60
• VIII. Notes on a Few Secondary Documents
• IX. Legend of St. Bonaventura
• X. De Laudibus of Bernard of Besse87
• FOOTNOTES