Giacomo Mariani, Ph.D. (2019), is currently postdoctoral fellow at the Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia. He has published on late medieval and early modern Italian religious history.

• List of IllustrationsAbbreviationsBiographical ChronologyIntroductionPART 1: An Image Shaped Over the Centuries: Fame and the Historiographical Tradition of a Preacher1 Franciscan Historiography Concerning a Controversial Friar2 The Influence of Defaming Comments and the Waning of a Style of PreachingPART 2: The Life3 Youth and Family (1425–c. 1446)4 First Successful Preaching in Umbria (c. 1446–1448)5 Itinerant Preaching in Central and Southern Italy (1448–1450)6 Preaching in Padua (1450–1451)7 Brescia, Milan, and Forlì (1451)8 Roberto’s Break from the Observant Family (1452–1453)9 Renewed Attacks against the Observant Reform (1453–1455)10 Preaching the Crusade in Rome (1455–1457)11 Preaching in Milan (1457–1458)12 Florence and Rome (1459–1461)13 Preaching the Crusade in Northern Italy (1463)14 Rome, Bologna, Ferrara, Naples and Genoa (1464–1467)15 The Devil’s Activity in the World (1467–1470)16 Preacher in Naples and Ecclesiastical Career in Rome (1470–1480)17 From the Siege of Otranto to the Last Years in Lecce (1480–1495)PART 3: The Works and Fame18 Preaching between Action and Intellectual Debate19 Preaching, Writing, and Printing Sermons in Fifteenth-Century Italy20 The Editorial History of Roberto’s Sermon Collections21 Outlines of the Manuscript Diffusion of Roberto’s Sermons22 The Readers of Roberto’s Sermon Collections23 The Fame of the Celebrated PreacherPART 4: AppendixAppendix I: A Catalogue of Roberto’s Printed Sermon CollectionsAppendix II: A Current Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Roberto’s WorksAppendix III: A Guide to Roberto’s Sermon Collections: Tables of Contents of His Latin Printed WorksBibliographyIndex

Giacomo Mariani, Ph.D. (2019), is currently postdoctoral fellow at the Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia. He has published on late medieval and early modern Italian religious history.

• List of IllustrationsAbbreviationsBiographical ChronologyIntroductionPART 1: An Image Shaped Over the Centuries: Fame and the Historiographical Tradition of a Preacher1 Franciscan Historiography Concerning a Controversial Friar2 The Influence of Defaming Comments and the Waning of a Style of PreachingPART 2: The Life3 Youth and Family (1425–c. 1446)4 First Successful Preaching in Umbria (c. 1446–1448)5 Itinerant Preaching in Central and Southern Italy (1448–1450)6 Preaching in Padua (1450–1451)7 Brescia, Milan, and Forlì (1451)8 Roberto’s Break from the Observant Family (1452–1453)9 Renewed Attacks against the Observant Reform (1453–1455)10 Preaching the Crusade in Rome (1455–1457)11 Preaching in Milan (1457–1458)12 Florence and Rome (1459–1461)13 Preaching the Crusade in Northern Italy (1463)14 Rome, Bologna, Ferrara, Naples and Genoa (1464–1467)15 The Devil’s Activity in the World (1467–1470)16 Preacher in Naples and Ecclesiastical Career in Rome (1470–1480)17 From the Siege of Otranto to the Last Years in Lecce (1480–1495)PART 3: The Works and Fame18 Preaching between Action and Intellectual Debate19 Preaching, Writing, and Printing Sermons in Fifteenth-Century Italy20 The Editorial History of Roberto’s Sermon Collections21 Outlines of the Manuscript Diffusion of Roberto’s Sermons22 The Readers of Roberto’s Sermon Collections23 The Fame of the Celebrated PreacherPART 4: AppendixAppendix I: A Catalogue of Roberto’s Printed Sermon CollectionsAppendix II: A Current Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Roberto’s WorksAppendix III: A Guide to Roberto’s Sermon Collections: Tables of Contents of His Latin Printed WorksBibliographyIndex

Giacomo Mariani, Ph.D. (2019), is currently postdoctoral fellow at the Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia. He has published on late medieval and early modern Italian religious history.

• List of IllustrationsAbbreviationsBiographical ChronologyIntroductionPART 1: An Image Shaped Over the Centuries: Fame and the Historiographical Tradition of a Preacher1 Franciscan Historiography Concerning a Controversial Friar2 The Influence of Defaming Comments and the Waning of a Style of PreachingPART 2: The Life3 Youth and Family (1425–c. 1446)4 First Successful Preaching in Umbria (c. 1446–1448)5 Itinerant Preaching in Central and Southern Italy (1448–1450)6 Preaching in Padua (1450–1451)7 Brescia, Milan, and Forlì (1451)8 Roberto’s Break from the Observant Family (1452–1453)9 Renewed Attacks against the Observant Reform (1453–1455)10 Preaching the Crusade in Rome (1455–1457)11 Preaching in Milan (1457–1458)12 Florence and Rome (1459–1461)13 Preaching the Crusade in Northern Italy (1463)14 Rome, Bologna, Ferrara, Naples and Genoa (1464–1467)15 The Devil’s Activity in the World (1467–1470)16 Preacher in Naples and Ecclesiastical Career in Rome (1470–1480)17 From the Siege of Otranto to the Last Years in Lecce (1480–1495)PART 3: The Works and Fame18 Preaching between Action and Intellectual Debate19 Preaching, Writing, and Printing Sermons in Fifteenth-Century Italy20 The Editorial History of Roberto’s Sermon Collections21 Outlines of the Manuscript Diffusion of Roberto’s Sermons22 The Readers of Roberto’s Sermon Collections23 The Fame of the Celebrated PreacherPART 4: AppendixAppendix I: A Catalogue of Roberto’s Printed Sermon CollectionsAppendix II: A Current Catalogue of Manuscripts Containing Roberto’s WorksAppendix III: A Guide to Roberto’s Sermon Collections: Tables of Contents of His Latin Printed WorksBibliographyIndex