Fruit of the Orchard : Reading Catherine of Siena in Late Medieval and Early Modern England.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction - Finding Catherine of Siena in Late Medieval and Early Modern England -- 1 Compiling Catherine: The Visionary Woman, Stephen Maconi, and the Carthusian Audience -- 2 William Flete, English Spirituality, and Catherine of Siena -- 3 Catherine Excerpted: Reading the Miscellany -- 4 The Orcherd of Syon: How to Read in the Convent -- 5 Catherine in Print: Lay Audiences and Reading Hagiography -- Conclusion - Reforming Reading: Catherine of Siena in an Age of Reform -- Appendix A: Literary Ancestry Chart -- Appendix B: Catherine Texts in England -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

In Fruit of the Orchard, Jennifer N. Brown builds upon academicdiscourse about medieval readers, trans-Reformation studies, and Catherine of Siena to reveal insights into the changing devotional reading appetites and practices of the period.

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