Better Off Dead: Approaches to Medieval Miracles

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 3
5. PART I. Missionary Saints
6. St Ansgar: His Swedish Mission and Its Larger Context 31
7. Sts Sunniva and Henrik: Scandinavian Martyr Saints in Their Hagiographic and National Contexts 65
8. PART II. Royal Saints
9. St Olaf and the Skalds 103
10. Sacred Non-Violence, Cowardice Profaned: St Magnus of Orkney in Nordic Hagiography and Historiography 128
11. St Knud Lavard: A Saint for Denmark 154
12. The Cult of St Eric, King and Martyr, in Medieval Sweden 203
13. PART III. Holy Bishops and Nuns
14. Pride and Politics in Late-Twelfth-Century Iceland: The Sanctity of Bishop Þorlákr Þórhallsson 241
15. St Katarina in Her Own Light 271
16. PART IV. Saints’ Lives in Lived Context
17. Hendreks saga og Kunegundis: Marital Consent in the Legend of Henry and Cunegund 307
18. Better Off Dead: Approaches to Medieval Miracles 334
19. Bibliography 353
20. Contributors 375
21. Index 379