Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

List of Illustrations, Tables, and Appendices

pp.：  7 – 8

Notes on Contributors

pp.：  9 – 12

Acknowledgments

pp.：  13 – 14

Timeline for Catherine of Siena's Life

pp.：  15 – 16

Introduction

pp.：  17 – 38

Chapter One The Historical Reception of Catherine of Siena

pp.：  39 – 62

Chapter Two Female Urban Reclusion in Siena at the Time of Catherine of Siena

pp.：  63 – 88

Chapter Three Catherine of Siena and the Papacy

pp.：  89 – 114

Chapter Four Lacrime Cordiali: Catherine of Siena on the Value of Tears

pp.：  115 – 128

Chapter Five Denial as Action—Penance and its Place in the Life of Catherine of Siena

pp.：  129 – 142

Chapter Six Catherine of Siena, Preaching, and Hagiography in Renaissance Tuscany

pp.：  143 – 170

Chapter Seven Mystical Literacy: Writing and Religious Women in Late Medieval Italy

pp.：  171 – 200

Chapter Eight The Processo Castellano and the Canonization of Catherine of Siena

pp.：  201 – 218

Chapter Nine Catherine of Siena in Late Medieval Sermons

pp.：  219 – 242

Chapter Ten Laude for Catherine of Siena

pp.：  243 – 274

Chapter Eleven The Iconography of Catherine of Siena’s Stigmata

pp.：  275 – 310

Chapter Twelve The Writings of Catherine of Siena: The Manuscript Tradition

pp.：  311 – 354

Chapter Thirteen The Legenda maior of Catherine of Siena

pp.：  355 – 374

Manuscripts Cited

pp.：  375 – 378

Bibliography

pp.：  379 – 400

Index

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