Velut Alter Alexius

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Preface 9
4. In the Name of Saints Peter and Paul 11
5. I. Papal Administration
6. The Cost of Grace 39
7. Career Prospects of Minor Curialists in the Fifteenth Century 63
8. A Criminal Trial at the Court of the Chamber Auditor 85
9. II. Saints and Miracles
10. The Power of the Saints and the Authority of the Popes 117
11. Velut Alter Alexius 141
12. Judicium Medicine and Judicium Sanctitatis 153
13. Heavenly Healing or Failure of Faith? 171
14. III. Crusades and Conversion
15. Servi Beatae Marie Virginis 201
16. Holy War – Holy Wrath! 227
17. The Swedish Expeditions (‘Crusades’) Towards Finland Reconsidered 251
18. Index 269