{"product_id":"the-saintly-politics-of-catherine-of-siena-9780801443954","title":"The Saintly Politics of Catherine of Siena","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuongo investigates how Catherine's spiritual authority and sanctity were linked with contemporary political and cultural developments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an important book. Luongo examines the career of Catherine of Siena... in a new light and offers a picture of Catherine that diverges from those presented by her hagiographers,... biographers, and more recently, scholars of medieval women's religiousness.... Luongo's portrayal of Catherine is exciting and compelling: exciting in revealing the intrigue and danger in which Catherine actively participated, compelling in its evidence and interpretation.... The book unquestionably stands as a major contribution to the history of medieval Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Anne L. Clark * Church History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Catherine's Vocational Years: Worldliness and Female Sanctity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Catherine Enters Tuscan Politics: Networks and Letter Writing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Niccolò di Toldo and the Erotics of Political Engagement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Catherine’s Sienese famiglia: Pious Networks and Political Identities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Prophetic Politics: Catherine in the War of Eight Saints\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405129556311,"sku":"9780801443954","price":38.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801443954.jpg?v=1730488803","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-saintly-politics-of-catherine-of-siena-9780801443954","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}