Prophets in Their Own Country
Living Saints and the Making of Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages

200 pages
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5-3/8 x 8-3/8
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© 1992
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Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
I: Saints and Saintly Situations
II: Negotiating Sainthood
III: Wide-Eyed Witnesses and Partial Observers
IV: The Passion of Christina of Stommeln
V: The Making of Lukardis and the Dissolution of Douceline
VI: St. Francis of Assisi and the Burden of Example
VII: The Blind See and the Lame Walk
VIII: Epilogue
Abbreviations
Select Bibliography
Index
I: Saints and Saintly Situations
II: Negotiating Sainthood
III: Wide-Eyed Witnesses and Partial Observers
IV: The Passion of Christina of Stommeln
V: The Making of Lukardis and the Dissolution of Douceline
VI: St. Francis of Assisi and the Burden of Example
VII: The Blind See and the Lame Walk
VIII: Epilogue
Abbreviations
Select Bibliography
Index
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