One of the most revered holy women of the Catholic Church, Saint Catherine of Siena was a fourteenth century mystic. She swiftly gained a wide reputation for her holiness and severe asceticism. In her early twenties she experienced a "spiritual espousal" to Christ and was moved to serve the poor and sick, winning many disciples in the process. Dictated while she was in ecstasy, her 'Dialogue of Divine Providence' is an undoubted masterpiece of medieval literature. The record of her ecstatic experiences illustrates her doctrine of the "inner cell" of the knowledge of God and of self into which she withdrew. Delphi's Medieval Library provides eReaders with rare and precious works of the Middle Ages, with noted English translations and the original texts. This eBook presents Catherine's collected works, with illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Catherine's life and works
* Features the collected works of Catherine, in both English translation and the original Italian
* Concise introduction to the author and her work
* Algar Thorold's 1907 translation of 'The Dialogue'
* Vida Dutton Scudder's 1905 translation of the Letters
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the sections you want to read with individual contents tables
* Provides a special dual English and Italian text of the 'Treatise of Divine Providence' (the first part of The Dialogue), allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph - ideal for students
* Features four bonus biographies - discover Catherine's medieval world
* Even includes the fourteenth century 'Life of Catherine' written by Raymond of Capua, her confessor and spiritual director
* Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres
CONTENTS:
The Translations
The Dialogue of Divine Providence (c. 1377)
The Letters (1377)
The Original Text
The Dialogue of Divine Providence (Italian Text)
The Dual Text
A Treatise of Divine Providence (Italian and English Text)
The Biographies
Life of Saint Catharine of Sienna (c. 1382) by Raymond of Capua
Saint Catherine of Siena (1859) by Thomas Adolphus Trollope
Saint Catherine (1911)
Saint Catherine of Siena (1913) by Edmund Garratt Gardner
