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The saintly politics of Catherine of Siena /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Luongo, F. Thomas (Francis Thomas)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Catherine, > of Siena, Saint, > 1347-1380 > Political and social views.
Church and state > Italy > Tuscany > History.
Christianity and politics > Italy > Tuscany > History.
Women > Political activity > Italy > Tuscany > History.
Tuscany (Italy) > Church history.
Table of Contents:
  • Catherine's vocational years : worldliness and female sanctity
  • Catherine enters Tuscan politics : networks and letter writing
  • Niccolò di Toldo and the erotics of political engagement
  • Catherine's Sienese famiglia : pious networks and political identities
  • Prophetic politics : Catherine in the War of Eight Saints.