A companion to late medieval and early modern Siena

Siena: the city and its state throughout time / Mario Ascheri -- The significance of Montaperti / Bradley R. Franco -- "Per queste cose ognuno sta in santa pace et in concordia": understanding urban space in Renaissance Siena / Fabrizio Nevola -- Saint Catherine and Siena / Jane Tylus -- "Beata quella città della sua patria!". Siena's religious culture and Carthusian monasticism / Demetrio S. Yocum -- The Marian altarpieces of Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti / Sheri F. Shaneyfelt -- The discussion and transmission of reformed religious beliefs in early-modern Siena / Andrea Beth Wenz -- Bernardino of Siena in the history and culture of the city of L'Aquila / Santa Casciani -- Public health and hospitals in medieval Siena before the Black Death / Anna M. Peterson -- "Sebben che siamo donne ...": Sienese women in the troubled years at the end of the Republic (c.1500-60) / Elena Brizio -- "Sotto un Lauro in corona": literate women in 16th-century Siena / Konrad Eisenbichler -- "An occasion to banish melancholy": musical culture in early modern Siena / Colleen Reardon -- The "Gothic Queen": the myth of Siena in the 19th and 20th centuries / Saverio Luigi Battente.

"A Companion to Late Medieval and Early Modern Siena presents chapters by prominent scholars on the powerful commune that birthed a pope, sheltered saints, built banking institutions that have thrived for nearly 1000 years, and nurtured vibrant communities of artists and intellectuals. This multi-disciplinary book, edited by Santa Casciani and Heather Richardson Hayton, redresses scholarly imbalances of the past by introducing early period Siena to a wider audience. Focusing mostly on the 12th to 16th centuries, each chapter explores how the Sienese crafted a distinctive civic identity that remains intact still. Modern readers will find Siena's responses to plague, political factionalism, and aggression from powerful neighbours particularly relevant. Contributors are: Mario Ascheri, Saverio Luigi Battente, Elena Brizio, Santa Casciani, Konrad Eisenbichler, Bradley Franco, Fabrizio Nevola, Anna Peterson, Colleen Reardon, Sheri Shaneyfelt, Jane Tylus, Andrea Beth Wenz, Demetrio Yocum"--