This book examines the origins, development and history of the cult of Saint Catherine of
Siena. Gerald Parsons argues that the cult of Catherine of Siena constitutes a remarkable …

A major preoccupation in the contemporary organizational landscape is governance and
how to cope with conflict and uncertainty. These challenges are particularly evident in the …

From late antiquity until the nineteenth century the Italian peninsula was made up of
numerous states and city-states, governed as republics, or ruled by kings, dukes or popes …

ABSTRACT The Master of the Osservanza, an artist of the Sienese School of the
Quattrocento, painted the triptych Adoration of the Shepherds with Saints John the Baptist …

In the study of trecento Sienese Biccherna covers several questions immediately arise: how
and why did the iconographies of their figurative and inscriptive parts change and did the …

In late October 1515, the government authorities of Siena were busy preparing the city for
the visit of Pope Leo X de'Medici, expected in the middle of the following month. Palaces …