A Companion to Catherine of Siena

Description

This volume, written by experts on Catherine of Siena, considers her as a church reformer, peacemaker, preacher, author, holy woman, stigmatic, saint and politically astute person. The manuscript tradition of works by and about her are also studied. The historical reception of Catherine of Siena / F. Thomas Luongo -- Female urban reclusion in Siena at the time of Catherine of Siena / Allison Clark Thurber -- Catherine of Siena and the papacy / Blake Beattie -- Lacrime Cordiali: Catherine of Siena on the value of tears / Heather Webb -- Denial as action: penance and its place in the life of Catherine of Siena / Maiju Lehmijoki-Gardner -- Catherine of Siena, preaching, and hagiography in Renaissance Tuscany / Beverly Mayne Kienzle -- Mystical literacy: writing and religious women in late medieval Italy / Jane Tylus -- The Processo Castellano and the canonization of Catherine of Siena / George Ferzoco -- Catherine of Siena in late medieval sermons / Carolyn Muessig -- Laude for Catherine of Siena / Eliana Corbari -- The iconography of Catherine of Siena's stigmata / Diega Giunta -- The writings of Catherine of Siena: the manuscript tradition / Suzanne Noffke -- The Legenda maior of Catherine of Siena / Silvia Nocentini.