List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction Letizia Pellegrini Part 1 Focus on the Character: a Franciscan Biography and/or a de facto Watershed?1 The Life of Bernardino da Siena: an Introduction Pietro Delcorno 2 Bernardino as a Friar: His Life in the Order and the Issue of Franciscan Observance Letizia Pellegrini 3 Bernardino da Siena as Preacher Pietro Delcorno and Roberto Rusconi 4 Bernardino as a Saint in the Middle of the Quattrocento: among Other Saints, within the Franciscan Order, for the Roman Church Letizia Pellegrini Part 2 Reflecting on Bernardino's Life: His Legacy in Franciscan and Western Tradition5 Bernardino as a Popular Preacher: Historiography, Themes, Prospects Bert Roest 6 Writing about Saint Bernardino: a Mapping of Hagiographic Literature Daniele Solvi 7 Bernardino within and beyond the Franciscan Tradition: Theology, Exegesis, and Spirituality Alberto Forni and Paolo Vian 8 The Economic-Political Thought of Bernardino Paolo Evangelisti 9 Bernardino, Franciscan Observance and Humanistic Culture Serena Spanò Martinelli Part 3 Bernardino and the History of Art between the Late Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance10 Depicting Bernardino da Siena: 1444-1517 Pavla Langer and Luca Pezzuto 11 Bernardino in Context: Preachers, Artists, and Powers in Renaissance Italy Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby Epilogue: Bernardino at a Glance George Ferzoco and Carolyn Muessig Index of Names Index of Places Index of Manuscripts.