The Saintly Politics of Catherine of Siena by F. Thomas Luongo.
Description
Catherine's vocational years : worldliness and female sanctity -- Catherine enters Tuscan politics : networks and letter writing -- Niccol{grave}o 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.
xiii, 233 p. :ill., 1 map ;24 cm.
Book Details
Author
Luongo, F. Thomas
Place Published
City
Ithaca, N.Y.
Date Published
2006
Publication Subjects
Church and state--Italy--Tuscany--History.
Christianity and politics--Italy--Tuscany--History.
Women--Political activity--Italy--Tuscany--History.
Catherine,of Siena, Saint,1347-1380--Political and social views.