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