Afterword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. A Note on References and Translations ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. Law
7. Chapter 1. Political Epistemology and Crimes of Concealment in Anglo-Saxon Law 19
8. Chapter 2. The Secret Seized: Theft, Death, and Testimony 45
9. PART II. Spirituality
10. Chapter 3. Monastic Life and the Regulation of Secrecy 65
11. Chapter 4. Making Space for Spiritual Secrecy 95
12. Chapter 5. Seeing in Secret: Saints, Hagiography, and the Ethics of Concealment and Discovery 124
13. PART III. LITERATURE
14. Chapter 6. Binding Secrets, Solving Riddles 161
15. Chapter 7. Worldly Concealment, Divine Knowledge, and the Hermeneutics of Faith 184
16. Chapter 8. Reading Hidden Meaning: Between Interpretive Pride and Eschatological Humility 207
17. Afterword 244
18. Notes 255
19. Bibliography 303
20. Index 325
21. Acknowledgments 337