A companion to Catherine of Siena / / edited by Carolyn Muessig, George Ferzoco, Beverly Mayne Kienzle.

• Superior document: Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, v. 32
• TeilnehmendeR: Muessig, Carolyn.; Ferzoco, George.; Kienzle, Beverly Mayne.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2012.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition 32.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This study offers a substantial introduction to the world of Catherine of Siena (1347-80), her works and the way her followers responded to her religious leadership and legacy. Although much scholarship has dealt with her visionary reputation, this volume, written by experts in Catherinian studies, highlights her image as a church reformer, peacemaker, preacher, author, holy woman, stigmatic, saint and politically astute person. Furthermore, it assesses the manuscript tradition of works by and about Catherine of Siena. Few overviews of the historical and cultural circumstances of Catherine of Siena exist in English. A Companion to Catherine of Siena, therefore, makes accessible hitherto elusive details of this Sienese saint’s life and works. Contributors include: Allison Clark Thurber, Beverly Mayne Kienzle, Blake Beattie, Carolyn Muessig, Diega Giunta, Eliana Corbari, F. Thomas Luongo, George Ferzoco, Heather Webb, Jane Tylus, Maiju Lehmijoki-Gardner, Silvia Nocentini, and Suzanne Noffke. .

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Carolyn Muessig -- 1. The Historical Reception of Catherine of Siena / F. Thomas Luongo -- 2. Female Urban Reclusion in Siena at the Time of Catherine of Siena / Allison Clark Thurber -- 3. Catherine of Siena and the Papacy / Blake Beattie -- 4. Lacrime Cordiali: Catherine of Siena on the Value of Tears / Heather Webb -- 5. Denial as Action—Penance and its Place in the Life of Catherine of Siena / Maiju Lehmijoki-Gardner -- 6. Catherine of Siena, Preaching, and Hagiography in Renaissance Tuscany / Beverly Mayne Kienzle -- 7. Mystical Literacy: Writing and Religious Women in Late Medieval Italy / Jane Tylus -- 8. The Processo Castellano and the Canonization of Catherine of Siena / George Ferzoco -- 9. Catherine of Siena in Late Medieval Sermons / Carolyn Muessig -- 10. Laude for Catherine of Siena / Eliana Corbari -- 11. The Iconography of Catherine of Siena’s Stigmata / Diega Giunta -- 12. The Writings of Catherine of Siena: The Manuscript Tradition / Suzanne Noffke -- 13. The Legenda maior of Catherine of Siena / Silvia Nocentini -- Manuscripts Cited -- Bibliography -- Index.