Saints by Yarrow, Simon -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Contents Acknowledgements List of illustrations Chapter 1 Introduction

Superheroes, heroes, and saints The logic of sainthood Where does sanctity come from?

Chapter 2 Inventing the saints

A community of saints St Paul The lives of the early saints Persecution and martyrdom Early Christian martyrdoms Meanings of martyrdom Fourth-century Christian martyrdom: the ecstasy and the agony Eastern Christians in Persia Donatism Asceticism, monasticism, and eremeticism Stylites, fools, and hermits St Antony Monks Frumentius, Nino, Severinus, Patrick, and Martin

Chapter 3 Saints in the Middle Ages

After Empire and before ‘Europe’, c.500–1000 Criticism of cult Into the fold Frankia Carolingian reform of the cult of saints The Byzantine Empire and the Eastern churches Emperors and saints The iconoclast controversy A new voice and an old silence Saints in Latin Christendom, c.1000–1500 The peace movement, pilgrimage, and crusade Mendicant saints Papal canonization The vernacularization of cult

Chapter 4 Early modern sainthood

Continuity and change Saints and the Reformation Iconoclasm The Reformation martyrs The Catholic Reformation and saints

Chapter 5 Gendering the saints

In spite of their sex Bodies, the life cycle, gender, and sainthood Brides of Christ Virginity Widows The high Middle Ages Beguines, mystics, and heretics Teresa of Ávila Thérèse of Lisieux Mother Teresa

Chapter 6 The Blessed Virgin Mary

Militant Mary Modern Mariophanies

Chapter 7 Writing the saints

What hagiography is not Origins and forms Functions Martyrologies Gesta martyrum Saints’ lives Collections of saints’ lives Hagiographical techniques Scholarly criticism of hagiography Hippolyte Delehaye

Chapter 8 Globalizing sanctity

Mission and sainthood The Americas Colonial sainthood Syncretic sanctity New Spain New England New France Africa Modern syncretic sanctity

Chapter 9 Saints in the modern world

England Russia North America The 20th century: no more heroes? After sainthood Lived religion The Return of the Saint: Pope John Paul II (1978–2005) Afterword

Further reading Publisher’s acknowledgements Index Social media