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William of Malmesbury (c.1090-c.1143) wrote 'Lives of saints: of Wulfstan II of Worcester', 'Dunstan of Canterbury', 'Patrick', and the more obscure 'Benignus and Indract', honoured at Glastonbury. This volume contains editions and translations of...

These essays discuss various related themes: the traits of holy men; creating saints out of a minority of holy men; and the role of hagiography in the diffusion of cults. Peter Brown's work, especially the article "The Rise and Function of the Holy...

This title examines the innumerable local cults which developed in western Europe between about 400 and 1000, concentrating especially on Celtic and Anglo-Saxon saints. The volume combines wide-ranging surveys with crucial reference material,...

The pressure to destroy images was not an exclusively sixteenth-century phenomenon. The late medieval period witnessed both religious and secular conflicts over images. The essays in this book, each by an outstanding scholar, consider issues of...