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— Ann Morisy

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Tuscany's Noble Treasures: Conceptualizing Female Religious Life in Medieval Italy stocked Highly musical and doted onSt Catherine of Siena is the best known of Tuscanys medieval holy women, but what about those who preceded her? Over a period of less than 150 years the Tuscan hills were home to saints such as Margaret of Cortona, Clare of Montefalco and Agnes of Montepulciano, among others, all of whom contributed in their different ways to an ideal of holiness. This book explores the ways in which biographers, writers and artists have presented these women, and the