U aktualnim raspravama “Laude” Iacoponea da Todija smatraju
se ogledalom i dokumentom teškoga života jednoga čudaka i fratra
izopćenika, grješnika i pokajnika, nekom vrstom molitvenika. No
analiza tematsko-motivske veze njegovih Lauda s Otkrivenjem
prikazuje ih kao apokaliptičke, duhovnjačke, pa i krivovjerne. Pritom
se uzima u obzir činjenica da je Iacopone pripadao franjevcima
duhovnjacima, te autorica u nastavku propituje Iacoponeovu kritiku
Rimske crkve, klera i, posebice, pape Bonifacija VIII., s pozicije
franjevaca apokaliptika. U završnim opservacijama autorica daje
prikaz Iacoponeovih uvjerenja da se u vezi s papinskim aktivnostima
pojavljuju znaci što navješćuju kataklizmički kraj povijesti i svijeta
te dolazak Sudnjega dana.In the actual discussions Iacopone da Todi’s Laudes are witness
to the troubled life of the wandering ascetic and excommunicated
friar, sinner and penitent. His Laudes are a sort of Prayer book, but
the analysis of themes and motifs in his poetry connects them with
the Book of Revelation and presents them as being apocalyptic,
spiritual and even heretical. At the same time the fact is accepted
that Iacopone was connected with the apocalyptical Spiritual
Franciscans and from that severe and radical position the author
shows that he was steadfast in condemning the mainstream
church, clergy and the Pope Boniface VIII. Final observations offer
the presentation of Iacopone’s convictions that, in relation to the
papal activities, the cataclysmic end of the history and the world
is approaching
