CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I _The Republic of Siena_ 1 CHAPTER II _Saint Catherine of Siena_ 43 CHAPTER III _The People and the Petrucci_ 67 CHAPTER IV _The Sculptors and Painters of Siena_ 99 CHAPTER V _The Campo of Siena and the Palace of the Commune_ 126 CHAPTER VI _The Duomo and the Baptistery_ 149 CHAPTER VII _In the Footsteps of Saint Catherine_ 184 CHAPTER VIII _The Last Days of the Republic_ 210 CHAPTER IX _Through the City of the Virgin_ 246 CHAPTER X _Some Famous Convents and Monasteries_ 298 CHAPTER XI _San Gimignano_ 324 CHAPTER XII _In the Town of the Beautiful Towers_ 344 _The Family of Pope Pius the Second_ 297 _Bibliographical Appendix_ 366 _General Index_ 373 ILLUSTRATIONS * _The Madonna with Saints_ (_Neroccio di Bartolommeo Landi_). _Photogravure_ Frontispiece PAGE _Siena from behind San Domenico_ 3 _La Castel Vecchio, the oldest part of Siena_ 8 *_On the Battlefield of Montaperti_ _facing_ 17 _A street in Siena_ 24 _La Croce del Travaglio_ 35 _La Lupa_ 42 *_St Catherine of Siena_ (_Andrea di Vanni_) _facing_ 47 *_Letter from St Catherine to Stefano Maconi_ _facing_ 56 _St Catherine's Lamp_ 65 _The Mangia Tower_ 69 + _The Elevation of Enea Silvio Piccolomini to the Papacy as Pius II._ (_Pinturicchio_) _facing_ 73 _Via Fontebranda_ 77 _The Porta Romana_ 95 + _The Pulpit of the Duomo_ (_Niccolò Pisano and his Pupils_). _Photogravure_ _facing_ 100 + _The Font of San Giovanni of Siena_ (_Giacomo della Quercia_) _facing_ 104 * _The Madonna and Child_ (_detail from Duccio's Altarpiece_). _Photogravure_ _facing_ 112