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Setting the World on Fire: The Brief, Astonishing Life of St. Catherine of Siena
By Emling, Shelley
- ISBN
- 9781137279804 9781466879195
- Publisher
- St. Martin's
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Reviewed on March 1, 2016 | Spiritualandreligion
As Emling (Marie Curie and Her Daughters) acknowledges, much of this book's content will seem bizarre, even disturbing, in the 21st century, when spirituality takes a very different form from the ostensibly masochistic practices of the Middle Ages. This first modern, secular biography of St. Catherine of Siena details the mystic's brief life from 1347–80, a time of "tragedy, violence, and corruption" in church and state. Catheri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
