AcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsList of Illustrations, Tables, and AppendicesTimeline for Catherine of Siena's Life Introduction: A Companion to Catherine of SienaCarolyn MuessigChapter One: The Historical Reception of Catherine of Siena F. Thomas LuongoChapter Two: Female Urban Reclusion in Siena at the time of Catherine of Siena Allison Clark ThurberChapter Three: Catherine of Siena and the Papacy Blake BeattieChapter Four: Lacrime cordiali: Catherine of Siena on the Value of Tears Heather WebbChapter Five: Denial as Action--Penance and its Place in the Life of Catherine of Siena Maiju Lehmijoki-GardnerChapter Six: Catherine of Siena, Preaching, and Hagiography in Renaissance Tuscany Beverly Mayne KienzleChapter Seven: Mystical Literacy: Writing and Religious Women in Late Medieval Italy Jane TylusChapter Eight: The Processo Castellano and the Canonization of Catherine of Siena George FerzocoChapter Nine: Catherine of Siena in Late Medieval Sermons Carolyn MuessigChapter Ten: Laude for Catherine of Siena Eliana CorbariChapter Eleven: The Iconography of Catherine of Siena's Stigmata Diega GiuntaChapter Twelve: The Writings of Catherine of Siena: The Manuscript Tradition Suzanne NoffkeChapter Thirteen: The Legenda maior of Catherine of Siena Silvia Nocentini Manuscripts CitedBibliographyIndex.