{"product_id":"medieval-saints-9781442601017","title":"Medieval Saints","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMedieval Saints is a collection remarkable both for its range and for its respect for the richness of the individual texts. - Peter Brown, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations    Chronological Guide    Introduction    Suggestions for Further Reading    Chapter One: Martyrs of the Early Church    1.       The Martyrdom of St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna    2.       The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne    3.       The Passion of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas    4.        \tTertullian's Address to the Martyrs    5.       Augustine Preaches on the Feast of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas    6.       The Trials and Execution of Cyprian    7.       The Age of Martyrs in Legend: The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus    Chapter Two: The Desert Fathers and Mothers    8.       Christianity in the Desert: St. Antony the Great    9.       Antony's Disciples: Paul the Simple    10.     The First Hermit: St. Paul of Thebes    11.     A Harlot in the Desert: Mary of Egypt    12.     A Famous Pillar Saint: Symeon Stylites    13.     A Transvestite Saint: Mary\/Marina    Chapter Three: Bishops, Monks, and Nuns    14.     St. Martin of Tours    15.      \tThe Life and Miracles of St. Benedict    16.     Venantius Fortunatus's  \tLife of St. Radegund    17.     Radegund Writes to the Bishops    18.     An Irish Missionary:  \tSt. Gall, by Walahfrid Strabo    19.     A Mirror for Monks: The  \tLife of St. Maiol, Abbot of Cluny   \t    Chapter Four: Royal Saints    20.      \tAelfric's Life of St. Edmund, King and Martyr    21.     St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland    Chapter Five: Pilgrimage    22.     St. Augustine on the Rites at the Martyrs' Tombs    23.     Pilgrimage and Miracles in North Africa    24.     Saeewulf Makes a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land    25.      \tThe Pilgrim's Guide to St. James of Compostella    26.     Pilgrimage as Metaphor:  \tThe Canterbury Tales    27.     Jerusalem Pilgrimage in 1480: The Tribulations of Brother Felix    Chapter Six: Relics    28.     Gregory of Tours: The Power of Relics    29.     The Humiliation of St. Mitrias    30.     The Affair of St. Sergius's Fingerbone    31.     Criticism of the Cult of Relics: Claudius of Turin    32.     Theft of Relics: The Translation of SS. Marcellinus and Peter    33.     False Relics and Imposters    34.     Fundraising with Relics: The Monks of Laon    35.     Fire at the Shrine of St. Edmund    Chapter Seven: New Directions     36.     The New Hermits: Godric of Finchale    37.     Women's Spirituality I: Christina the Astonishing    38.     Women's Spirituality II: Umilta of Faenza    39.     The Conversion of St. Francis of Assisi and the Founding of his Order    40.     Humanistic Hagiography: The Writings of St. Francis's Companions    41.     The Official  \tLife of St. Francis: The Stigmata    42.      \tThe Canticle of Brother Sun    43.     The Canonization of St. Francis    Chapter Eight: Hagiographic Romances    44.     St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins    45.     Four 'Lives' from The Golden Legend   \t    46.     'Lives' of St. Christopher: The Irish  \tLibar Breac    47.     'Lives' of St. Christopher:  \tThe South English Legendary    48.     An Old French  \tLife of St. Margaret of Antioch    Chapter Nine: Epilogue    49.     A Reformer's View of the Cult of the Saints    50.     A Heretic's Confession    51.     Erasmus:  \tA Pilgrimage for Religions Sake    Index of Topics    Acknowledgements of Sources in Copyright","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408346325335,"sku":"9781442601017","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442601017.jpg?v=1730502531","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/medieval-saints-9781442601017","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}