Fruit of the Orchard Reading Catherine of Siena in Late Medieval and Early Modern England
Fruit of the Orchard sheds light on how Catherine of Siena served as a visible and widespread representative of English piety becoming a part of the devotional landscape of the period. By analyzing a variety of texts, including monastic and lay, complete and excerpted, shared and private, author Jen...
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Toronto ; Buffalo ; London
University of Toronto Press
2019, ©2019
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 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