Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Notes on Contributors viii
6. Abbreviations x
7. Introduction: Saints, Cults and Lives in Late Medieval England 1
8. 1 Hagiography in Context: Images, Miracles, Shrines and Festivals 25
9. 2 Corpora and Manuscripts, Authors and Audiences 47
10. 3 Power and Authority 70
11. 4 Violence, Community and the Materialisation of Belief 87
12. 5 Gender and Sexuality 104
13. 6 History, Historiography and Re-writing the Past 122
14. 7 Crossovers and Afterlife 141
15. Bibliography 157
16. Index 177