%0 Journal Article %A Albrecht Classen %D 2022 %C Berlin, Germany %I Peter Lang Verlag %J Mediaevistik %@ 2199-806X %N 1 %V 32 %T Mary Harvey Doyno, . Ithaca, NY, and London: Cornell University Press, 2019, 9 b/w ill. %R 10.3726/med.2019.01.145 %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1272077 %X While lay spirituality and even sanctity in Northern Europe found its common expression in beguines or beguards, in Humilitati or Flagellants during the late Middle Ages, in Italy a different phenomenon emerged since the twelfth century, with lay saints being recognized by the urban communities and even by the Church. Mary Harvey Doyno here presents a detailed discussion of the large number of those saints, whose