Medieval Saints: From the Weird to the Absurd
The following is an extract from my upcoming book 'Saints and Sinners: A New History of the Middle Ages Through Saints and their Stories'...
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Pacifist Saint or Islamophobic Sinner? St Francis of Assisi and the Fifth Crusade
After the fourth crusade, the fervour that had once sung in the hearts and minds of those a century earlier had faded. In some ways,...
Rome Questions, Byzantine Answers - The Age of Justinian
There is a theory within cosmology that describes a possible event whereby an imploding universe bounces back and reignites through a Big...
A Man Between Two Worlds – St Augustine of Hippo
To pinpoint a specific moment in time when our dramatic epoch came into existence is one of the most difficult questions posed to the...
The Death of a Monarch: A Thousand Years of Tradition
There is no doubt that September 19th, 2022, will forever be marked by one of the most momentous events in recent memory and current...
Miracles, Wax Limbs, and Coins: Understanding Pilgrimage in England and N. France, 11th–13th Century
In his ‘Liber Miraculorum Sancte Fidis’, 11th century churchman and sceptic, Bernard of Angers reported hearing of strange miracles, and...
Abbot Suger and the Conception of Capetian Kingship in the 12th Century
The narrative of the twelfth century is one defined by kingship, religion, and violence. The crusades in the East, combined with a crisis...
The Exploitation of Saints in Medieval England, 11th - 13th Century
The Commercialisation of Saints in Medieval England, 11th - 13th Century During the period in which the silver shrine of Saint Erkenwald...
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