RT Book
T1 Fruit of the orchard: reading Catherine of Siena in late medieval and early modern England
A1 Brown, Jennifer N. 1974-
LA English
PP Toronto Buffalo London
PB University of Toronto Press
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1049705912
AB "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 Jennifer N. Brown considers how the visionary prophet and author was used to demonstrate orthodoxy, subversion, and heresy. Tracing the book tradition of Catherine of Siena, as well as investigating the circulation of manuscripts, Brown explores how the various perceptions of the Italian saint were reshaped and understood by an English readership. By examining the practice of devotional reading, she reveals how this sacred exercise changed through a period of increased literacy, the rise of the printing press, and religious turmoil."--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
SN 9781487504076
SN 1487504071
K1 Catherine : of Siena, Saint : 1347-1380 : Manuscripts
K1 Devotional literature, English (Middle) : History and criticism
K1 Transmission of texts : England : History
K1 Literacy : England : History
K1 Books and reading : England : History
K1 Christian women saints : Italy : Biography
K1 England : Religious life and customs