{"product_id":"a-companion-to-late-medieval-and-early-modern-siena-9789004389991","title":"A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Siena","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Siena presents chapters by prominent scholars on the powerful commune that birthed a pope, sheltered saints, built banking institutions that have thrived for nearly 1000 years, and nurtured vibrant communities of artists and intellectuals. This multi-disciplinary book, edited by Santa Casciani and Heather Richardson Hayton, redresses scholarly imbalances of the past by introducing early period Siena to a wider audience. Focusing mostly on the 12th to 16th centuries, each chapter explores how the Sienese crafted a distinctive civic identity that remains intact still. Modern readers will find Siena’s responses to plague, political factionalism, and aggression from powerful neighbours particularly relevant.    Contributors are: Mario Ascheri, Saverio Luigi Battente, Elena Brizio, Santa Casciani, Konrad Eisenbichler, Bradley Franco, Fabrizio Nevola, Anna Peterson, Colleen Reardon, Sheri Shaneyfelt, Jane Tylus, Andrea Beth Wenz, Demetrio Yocum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Der von Santa Casciani und Heather Richardson Hayton herausgegebene Band versammelt damit durchweg hochqualitative, oft auch innovative Arbeiten zur sienesischen Stadtgeschichte. [...] Der Sammelband leistet einen wichtigen Beitrag, um städtisches Leben in Italien in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit auch einem breiteren Publikum ohne Italienisch-Kenntnisse zugänglich zu machen, was ihn auch für die universitäre Lehre zu einem Gewinn macht\". Read the full review here\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  List of Illustrations  Abbreviations  Notes on Contributors    Introduction   Heather Hayton    Part 1: The City and Commune  1 Siena: the City and its State Throughout Time   Mario Ascheri    2 The Significance of Montaperti   Bradley R. Franco    3 “Per queste cose ognuno sta in santa pace et in concordia”: Understanding Urban Space in Renaissance Siena   Fabrizio Nevola    4 Saint Catherine and Siena   Jane Tylus    Part 2: Art and Religion  5 “Beata quella città della sua patria!”. Siena’s Religious Culture and Carthusian Monasticism   Demetrio S. Yocum    6 The Marian Altarpieces of Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti   Sheri F. Shaneyfelt    7 The Discussion and Transmission of Reformed Religious Beliefs in Early-Modern Siena   Andrea Beth Wenz    8 Bernardino of Siena in the History and Culture of the City of L’Aquila   Santa Casciani    Part 3: Culture and Society  9 Public Health and Hospitals in Medieval Siena before the  Black Death   Anna M. Peterson    10 “Sebben che siamo donne …”: Sienese Women in the Troubled Years at the End of the Republic (c.1500–60)   Elena Brizio    11 “Sotto un Lauro in corona”: Literate Women in 16th-Century Siena   Konrad Eisenbichler    12 “An Occasion to Banish Melancholy”: Musical Culture in Early  Modern Siena   Colleen Reardon    Epilogue: The Foundations of Contemporary Siena  The “Gothic Queen”: the Myth of Siena in the 19th and  20th Centuries   Saverio Luigi Battente    Illustrations  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210767589719,"sku":"9789004389991","price":163.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-late-medieval-and-early-modern-siena-9789004389991","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}