Giacomo Mariani, Ph.D. (2019), is a historian interested in late medieval and early modern Italy. He has published the book Roberto Caracciolo da Lecce (1425-1495). Life, Works, and Fame of a Renaissance Preacher (Brill, 2022).Steven J. McMichael, OFM Conv., is an Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Saint Thomas (Saint Paul, Minnesota). He has recently published Mary Magdalene in the Medieval Franciscan Spirituality: Beloved Disciple and Apostle of the Apostles (Franciscan Institute Publications, 2022).

• Notes on ContributorsIntroductionPART 1: Topics from Roberto da Lecce in the Context of Late Medieval Preaching1 Roberto Caracciolo’s Sermon on the Miracle of the Stigmatization of Francis of AssisiCarolyn Muessig2 Mary Magdalene in the Sermons of Bernardino da Siena and Roberto da LecceSteven J. McMichael3 Can a Sinner be Absolved More Than Once? Roberto da Lecce, Critic of Niccolò da Osimo’s Quadriga spiritualeGiacomo Mariani4 Social Control Strategies of the Fifteenth Century Franciscans and their Role Models for Each “Civis Fidelis”Salvatore LeaciPART 2: Roberto da Lecce and his Sermons5 Roberto Caracciolo of Lecce and a Semi-Dramatic Fifteenth-Century SermonLyn A. Blanchfield6 Friar Roberto Caracciolo da Lecce and His Anti-Ottoman PreachingSalvatore Leaci7 Observations on the Language of Roberto da LecceMarco MaggiorePART 3: The Re-use of Roberto da Lecce’s Collections8 Roberto Caracciolo’s Quaresimale volgare in Croatian LandsAndrea Radošević9 Hungarian Draft-Sermons on the Pages of a Volume by Roberto CaraccioloCecilia Radò10 The Use of Roberto Caracciolo da Lecce’s Sermons in Late Medieval ManuscriptsYoko KimuraBibliographyIndex