Two Lives of Saint Colette – With a Selection of Letters by, to, and about Colette

Pierre de Vaux was a Franciscan friar. He was the companion and confessor of Saint Colette of Corbie, as well as her biographer. Sister Perrine de Baume was a Colettine Poor Clare. Her memoirs serve as a testimony to the life of Saint Colette of Corbie. Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski is distinguished professor of French emerita at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of The Strange Case of Ermine de Reims and Christine de Pizan.   

Acknowledgments
Illustrations
Introduction
Saint Colette in Her World
Schism and Division
The Franciscans and Reform
A Brief Biography of Colette of Corbie
The Sources
Early Life and Religious Exploration
Franciscan Reformer
Colette and Ecclesiastical Politics
Colette in Her Cloister—and on the Road
Writing and Living Reform
Devotional Life
Illnesses
Miracles
Demons, Ghosts, and Other Apparitions
The Life of Saint Colette, by Pierre de Vaux
The Life of Saint Colette, by Sister Perrine de Baume
Letters by, to, and about Colette
Map
Chronology
Bibliography
Index