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Focusing on the critical case of Catherine of Siena (d. 1380), the essays in this volume consider the role of texts, translations and images in various media in constructing and disseminating the cult of a saint in the late Middle Ages. How does one construct a saint and promote a cult beyond the immediate community in which he or she lived? Italian mendicants had accumulated a good deal of experience in dealing with this politically explosive question. The posthumous description of the life of Francis of Assisi (d. 1226) written by the Master General of the order, Bonaventure (d. 1274), could be regarded as paradigmatic in this regard. A similarly massive intervention in the production and diffusion of a cult can be observed in the case of the Dominican tertiary, Catherine of Siena (d. 1380), who in many respects (e.g. the imitation of Christ and her stigmatization) ‘competed’ with Francis of Assisi. Raymund of Capua (d. 1399), the Master General of the order, established the foundation for the dissemination of the cult by writing the authoritative life, but it was only the following generation that succeeded in establishing and disseminating the cult on a broad basis by means of copies, adaptations, and translations. The question of how to make a cult, which stands at the center of this volume, thus presents itself in terms of the challenge of rewriting a legend for different audiences. The various contributions consider the role, not only of texts in many different vernaculars (Czech, English, French, German, and Italian), but also of images, whether separately or in connection with one another. -- Provided by publisher

Catherine of Siena --- Christian women saints --- Saintes chrétiennes --- Biography --- Biographies --- Catherine, --- Cult --- History --- Catherine de Sienne, --- Culte --- 235.3 CATHARINA SENENSIS --- Hagiografie--CATHARINA SENENSIS --- Saintes chrétiennes --- Civil religion --- Italy --- Siena (Italy) --- Catharina v. Senensis --- Catherine, - of Siena, Saint, - 1347-1380 - Cult --- Catherine, - of Siena, Saint, - 1347-1380 - Cult - History --- Catherine, - of Siena, Saint, - 1347-1380

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St Katherine of Alexandria was one of the most popular saints in Medieval Europe. This book constitutes the first interdisciplinary collection of essays to explore her cult and the range of meanings which St Katherine embodied for her devotees. The essays between them consider a wide range of evidence, from visual representations (wall paintings, manuscript illuminations, stained glass, and seals), to literary texts (lives of the saint, prayers, hymns, devotional manuscripts, and breviaries) as well as documentary evidence (wills, chronicles, ecclesiastical records and antiquarian writings) and the physical remains of churches and chapels dedicated to St Katherine. These sources are interpreted as part of wider manifestations of devotion to the saint in England, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Wales. The authors approach the cult from varying disciplinary and methodological perspectives, but all seek to uncover the various religious, social and cultural messages contained within the different versions of St Katherine which these particular texts and contexts offer. The volume as a whole therefore sheds light not only on devotion to St Katherine, but also on a much wider range of issues and ideologies governing the lives of her devotees and the societies in which they lived.

Christian women saints - Biography. --- Christian saints - Biography. --- Christian hagiography. --- Catharina v. m. Alexandriae --- Christian women saints --- Christian hagiography --- Saintes chrétiennes --- Hagiographie chrétienne --- Cult --- Biography --- Culte --- Biographies --- Catherine, --- 235.3 CATHARINA --- History --- Hagiografie--CATHARINA --- Aecaterina, --- Aikaterina, --- Aikaterinē, --- Caterina, --- Catharina, --- Catharine, --- Dōrothea, --- Ecaterina, --- Ekaterina, --- Katarzyna, --- Katarzyna Aleskandryjska, --- Kateřina, --- Katerine, --- Katharina, --- Katharine, --- Katherina, --- Katherine, --- Katarina, --- Europe, Western --- West Europe --- Western Europe --- Religious life and customs. --- Christian saints --- Cult. --- Catherine d'Alexandrie (sainte ; ....-0307?) --- Saintes chrétiennes --- Saints chrétiens --- Hagiographie chrétienne

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Katherina van Alexandrië was in de Middeleeuwen een van de populairste heiligen in de Lage Landen. Volgens de overlevering was zij beeldschoon en buitengewoon intelligent. Zij liet zich dopen toen zij de hogere waarheid van de christelijke leer had ontdekt. Haar argumenten daarvoor overtuigden zelfs vijftig van de geleerdste mannen van die tijd. Uiteindelijk liet keizer Maxentius haar na talloze martelingen onthoofden. De heilige wordt dikwijls afgebeeld met een zwaard in haar ene hand en een boek in de andere. Naast haar staat gewoonlijk een (gebroken) rad en onder de zoom van haar jurk is soms het gekroonde hoofd van de keizer zichtbaar. Een lange tijd onvindbaar handschrift met een Middelnederlandse versie van Katherina’s vita wordt nu voor het eerst uitgegeven met een hertaling in modern Nederlands en uitvoerig commentaar. De inleiding beschrijft de religieuze en literair-historische achtergronden van de tekst.

Christian women saints --- Saintes chrétiennes --- Biography --- Biographies --- Catherine, --- Christian saints --- Saintes chrétiennes --- Catharina of Alexandria --- 235.3 CATHARINA --- 091 <017.2 VAN ES, HILDO> --- Hagiografie--CATHARINA --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Private verzamelingen--VAN ES, HILDO --- Saints --- 091 <017.2 VAN ES, HILDO> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Private verzamelingen--VAN ES, HILDO --- 091 =393 --- 091 =393 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Nederlands --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Nederlands --- Christian saints, Women --- Women Christian saints --- Women saints --- Canonization --- Aecaterina, --- Aikaterina, --- Aikaterinē, --- Caterina, --- Catharina, --- Catharine, --- Dōrothea, --- Ecaterina, --- Ekaterina, --- Katarzyna Aleskandryjska, --- Kateřina, --- Katerine, --- Katharina, --- Katharine, --- Katherina, --- Katherine, --- Medieval Dutch literature --- Cult --- History --- Katarzyna, --- Katarina, --- Christian saints - Egypt - Alexandria - Biography --- Christian women saints - Egypt - Alexandria - Biography --- Catharina v. m. Alexandriae --- Catherine, - of Alexandria, Saint