Setting the World on Fire: The Brief, Astonishing Life of St. Catherine of Siena - Couverture rigide

Emling, Shelley

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 113727980X ISBN 13 : 9781137279804

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Synopsis

One of only two patron saints of Italy, the other being St. Francis of Assisi, St. Catherine was ahead of her time. As a political powerhouse in late 14th century Europe - a time of war, social unrest and one of the worst natural disasters of all time, the plague - she worked for peace between Christians while campaigning for a holy crusade against Muslims. She was a peacemaker during Siena's revolution of 1368, sometimes addressing huge crowds; she convinced Pope Gregory XI to return the papacy to Rome at a time when the Catholic Church was unravelling. She was illiterate but grew into a great writer by dictating to assistants. She was frail and punished herself mercilessly, often starving herself. It's easy to see why feminists through the years have sought to claim the patronage of St. Catherine. From her refusal to marry to her assertion that her physical appearance was of no importance, the famous Saint is ripe for modern interpretation. How did this girl, the second-youngest of 25 children of a middle-class dyer, grow to become one of the most beloved spiritual figures of all time, a theological giant to rank alongside the likes of Thomas Aquinas? In Setting the World on Fire, Emling gives an intimate portrayal of this fascinating and revolutionary woman.

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À propos de l'auteur

Shelley Emling is a senior editor at The Huffington Post. Her work has previously appeared in The New York Times, Fortune, Slate, The Wall Street Journal, The Times, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, and FoxNews.com. The author of The Fossil Hunter and Marie Curie and her Daughters, she covered Europe for six years for Cox Newspapers. She lives in Montclair, New Jersey.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 113727980X
• ISBN 13: 9781137279804
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
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