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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Preface xii
- Prologue: The Making of a Martyr 1
- CHAPTER ONE How the Christian Relic Emerged 9
- CHAPTER TWO The Incorruptible Flesh of the Martyrs 15
- CHAPTER THREE Creating a Christian Landscape 24
- CHAPTER FOUR The Battle for Acceptance 29
- CHAPTER FIVE The View from Byzantium 37
- CHAPTER SIX Bishops, Magic and Relics in the Post-Roman World 48
- CHAPTER SEVEN ‘A barbarous, fierce and unbelieving nation’ 61
- CHAPTER EIGHT The Great Consolidator 69
- CHAPTER NINE Hope and Desperation in a Disordered World 80
- CHAPTER TEN Cults and the Rise of Anti-Semitism 89
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Fervent Christian Pilgrims 94
- CHAPTER TWELVE ‘The eyes are fed with goldbedecked reliquaries’ 108
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Looting the East 120
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Louis IX and the Sainte-Chapelle 131
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Sacred Flesh Between Death and Resurrection 139
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN ‘Christ’s recruits . . . fight back’ 146
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Protectors of il Popolo 156
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Virgin Mary and the Penitent Whore 169
- CHAPTER NINETEEN The Wondrous Blood of Christ 186
- CHAPTER TWENTY Rescuers and Devils 197
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE ‘Of far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands’ 206
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO ‘dead images that . . . may not . . . help any man of any disease’ 219
- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Protestantism and the New Iconoclasm 228
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Intimations of Reality 247
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Reasserting the Miraculous 254
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Within the Community of the Supernatural 266
- Notes 271
- Select Bibliography 288
- Index 297
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Illustrations ix
- Preface xii
- Prologue: The Making of a Martyr 1
- CHAPTER ONE How the Christian Relic Emerged 9
- CHAPTER TWO The Incorruptible Flesh of the Martyrs 15
- CHAPTER THREE Creating a Christian Landscape 24
- CHAPTER FOUR The Battle for Acceptance 29
- CHAPTER FIVE The View from Byzantium 37
- CHAPTER SIX Bishops, Magic and Relics in the Post-Roman World 48
- CHAPTER SEVEN ‘A barbarous, fierce and unbelieving nation’ 61
- CHAPTER EIGHT The Great Consolidator 69
- CHAPTER NINE Hope and Desperation in a Disordered World 80
- CHAPTER TEN Cults and the Rise of Anti-Semitism 89
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Fervent Christian Pilgrims 94
- CHAPTER TWELVE ‘The eyes are fed with goldbedecked reliquaries’ 108
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Looting the East 120
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Louis IX and the Sainte-Chapelle 131
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Sacred Flesh Between Death and Resurrection 139
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN ‘Christ’s recruits . . . fight back’ 146
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Protectors of il Popolo 156
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Virgin Mary and the Penitent Whore 169
- CHAPTER NINETEEN The Wondrous Blood of Christ 186
- CHAPTER TWENTY Rescuers and Devils 197
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE ‘Of far-off saints, hallowed in sundry lands’ 206
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO ‘dead images that . . . may not . . . help any man of any disease’ 219
- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Protestantism and the New Iconoclasm 228
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Intimations of Reality 247
- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Reasserting the Miraculous 254
- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Within the Community of the Supernatural 266
- Notes 271
- Select Bibliography 288
- Index 297