The saintly politics of Catherine of Siena
By: F. Thomas Luongo.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780801443954
Subjects: Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380 -- Political and social views; Church and state -- Italy -- Tuscany -- History; Christianity and politics -- Italy -- Tuscany -- History; Women in politics -- Italy -- Tuscany -- History; Tuscany (Italy) -- Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Catherine's vocational years : worldliness and female sanctity; title: Catherine enters Tuscan politics : networks and letter writing; title: Niccolò di Toldo and the erotics of political engagement; title: Catherine's Sienese famiglia : pious networks and political identities; title: Prophetic politics : Catherine in the War of Eight Saints.