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The saintly politics of Catherine of Siena / F. Thomas Luongo.
LIBRA BX4700.C4 L86 2006
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Luongo, F. Thomas (Francis Thomas)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380--Political and social views.
- Catherine.
- Catherine, of Siena, Saint, 1347-1380.
- Church and state--Italy--Tuscany--History.
- Church and state.
- Christianity and politics--Italy--Tuscany--History.
- Christianity and politics.
- Women--Political activity--Italy--Tuscany--History.
- Women.
- Women--Political activity.
- History.
- Political and social views.
- Italy--Tuscany.
- Tuscany (Italy)--Church history.
- Tuscany (Italy).
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
- Contents:
- Catherine's vocational years : worldliness and female sanctity
- Catherine enters Tuscan politics : networks and letter writing
- Niccolò 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801443954
- OCLC:
- 60856094
- Publisher Number:
- 9780801443954
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