![]() ![]() Describing her sheer fortitude and personal magnetism, this accessible and absorbing account details the spiritual and political beliefs of Catherine of Siena as she attempted to restore order to a fractured Italian city-state system, campaigned Pope Gregory XI in Avignon to return the papacy to Rome, and tried to resolve the Western Schism of 1378-a challenge that proved to be her ultimate test. ![]() Deeply researched and based on the latest sources, this history recalls Saint Catherine-as she would later be called-as a champion of peace who cajoled and, at times, begged popes, monarchs, and ordinary citizens to do her will. Against the backdrop of 14th-century Europe-a time of social turmoil, outbreaks of the bubonic plague, a catastrophic war that devastated the continent, and an overall transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance-this intelligent and comprehensive biography of an oftentimes irreverent, intense, and fiery woman offers an entry point into the life of Catherine of Siena. ![]()
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