{"product_id":"fruit-of-the-orchard-9781487504076","title":"Fruit of the Orchard","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Fruit of the Orchard, Jennifer N. Brown builds upon academic discourse about medieval readers, trans-Reformation studies, and Catherine of Siena to reveal insights into the changing devotional reading appetites and practices of the period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brown has written a very well researched work. On the basis of twenty-one manuscript and printed excepts or complete copies of works by and about Catherine, she has constructed a plausible picture of how Catherine became known in England between 1400 and 1700, who read her and why.\" -- Hugh Feiss * \u003cem\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"[Fruit of the Orchard] is a fascinating study of English piety that clearly will interest specialists in women’s visionary culture. [Brown’s] close readings of specific texts add to our understanding of their creation, transmission, and reception. Scholars investigating connections between gender and spiritual authority, as well as the discourse between Latin and vernacular texts in an era of increasing literacy and print culture, will come away with new questions to pursue.\" -- Lezlie Knox, Marquette University * \u003cem\u003eEarly Modern Women\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Fruit of the Orchard has been a decade in the writing: it was worth waiting for.\" -- Luke Penkett, The Julian Centre, Norwich * \u003cem\u003eSpiritus\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments    Introduction: Finding Catherine of Siena in Late Medieval and Early Modern England    1. Compiling Catherine: The Visionary Woman, Stephen Maconi, and the Carthusian Audience 2. William Flete, English Spirituality, and Catherine of Siena  3. Catherine Excerpted: Reading the Miscellany   4. The Orcherd of Syon: How to Read in the Convent  5. Catherine in Print: Lay Audiences and Reading Hagiography    Conclusion - Reforming Reading: Catherine of Siena in an Age of Reform   Appendix A: Literary Ancestry Chart  Appendix B: Catherine Texts in England    Notes Bibliography Index  ","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409141047639,"sku":"9781487504076","price":47.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487504076.jpg?v=1730505589","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fruit-of-the-orchard-9781487504076","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}