Royal Books and Holy Bones: Essays in Medieval Christianity 1472953231, 9781472953230

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Royal Books and Holy Bones: Essays in Medieval Christianity
1472953231, 9781472953230

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Eamon Duffy

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Table of contents :
List of illustrations
Introduction: Royal Books and Holy Bones
BOOKS
1. Early Christian Impresarios
2. Books Held by Kings
3. The Golden Legend
4. Secret Knowledge – or a Hoax?
5. The Psalms and Lay Piety
CRISES AND MOVEMENTS
6. Plague and Historical Memory
7. The Rise of Sacred Song
8. Holy Terror
9. The Cradle Will Rock: Histories of Childhood
SAINTS
10. Blood Libel: The Murder of William of Norwich
11. Sacred Bones and Blood
12. Treasures of Heaven: Saints and their Relics
13. St. Erkenwald
14. The Cult of "St." Henry VI
15. The Dynamics of Pilgrimage in the Late Middle Ages
16. "Lady, Pray Thy Son for Me": Prayer to the Virgin in the Late Middle Ages
ON THE EVE OF THE REFORMATION
17. Provision Against Purgatory: Wingfield College, Suffolk
18. Monasticism and the Religion of the People: Crowland Abbey
19. The Four Latin Doctors in the Late Middle Ages
20. The Reformation and the Alabastermen
21. Brush for Hire: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index
A Note on the Author
Plate Section

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