A Companion to Catherine of Siena

Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors List of Illustrations, Tables, and Appendices Timeline for Catherine of Siena's Life Introduction: A Companion to Catherine of Siena Carolyn Muessig Chapter One: The Historical Reception of Catherine of Siena F. Thomas Luongo Chapter Two: Female Urban Reclusion in Siena at the time of Catherine of Siena Allison Clark Thurber Chapter Three: Catherine of Siena and the Papacy Blake Beattie Chapter Four: Lacrime cordiali: Catherine of Siena on the Value of Tears Heather Webb Chapter Five: Denial as Action-Penance and its Place in the Life of Catherine of Siena Maiju Lehmijoki-Gardner Chapter Six: Catherine of Siena, Preaching, and Hagiography in Renaissance Tuscany Beverly Mayne Kienzle Chapter Seven: Mystical Literacy: Writing and Religious Women in Late Medieval Italy Jane Tylus Chapter Eight: The Processo Castellano and the Canonization of Catherine of Siena George Ferzoco Chapter Nine: Catherine of Siena in Late Medieval Sermons Carolyn Muessig Chapter Ten: Laude for Catherine of Siena Eliana Corbari Chapter Eleven: The Iconography of Catherine of Siena's Stigmata Diega Giunta Chapter Twelve: The Writings of Catherine of Siena: The Manuscript Tradition Suzanne Noffke Chapter Thirteen: The Legenda maior of Catherine of Siena Silvia Nocentini Manuscripts Cited Bibliography Index