Women in Multilateral DIPLOMACY by Suchada Kulawat
WOMEN IN MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY BY SUCHADA KULAWAT Imagine Rome without the Vatican. As a peace envoy, Catherine of Siena was not always successful. But she influenced Pope Gregory XI’s 1377 decision to return the papacy to Rome from Avignon — despite her criticism of the Church politics. On a slippering slope, Catherine of Siena negotiated peace between the Florentine Republic and papal states. The Pope initially ignored her. The Florentines disowned her as their ambassador. Yet her political advocacy…
