The Cult of Saint Catherine of Siena: A Study in Civil Religion

by Gerald Parsons (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2008

  $103.14

  Examines the origins, development and history of the cult of Saint Catherine of Siena. This book argues that the cult of Catherine of Siena constitutes a remarkable example of the cult of a particular saint which, across more than six centuries, has been the vehicle for an evolving sequence of civil religious rituals and meanings.