A Companion to Medieval Miracle Collections: 5 (Reading Medieval Sources)

A Companion to Medieval Miracle Collections: 5 (Reading Medieval Sources)
by: Sari Katajala-Peltomaa(Author),Jenni Kuuliala(Author),Iona McCleery(Author)&0more
Publisher: BRILL
Publication Date: 9 Sept. 2021
Language: English
Print Length: 388 pages
ISBN-10: 9004465405
ISBN-13: 9789004465404
Book Description
A companion volume for the usage of medieval miracle collections as a source, offering versatile approaches to the origins, methods, and techniques of various types of miracle narratives, as well as fascinating case studies from across Europe.

About the Author

About the Author Sari Katajala-Peltomaa, Tampere University, focuses on late medieval canonization processes, particularly lived religion, gender, and family in a comparative European perspective. Her recent publications include Demonic Possession and Lived Religion in Later Medieval Europe (2020). Jenni Kuuliala, Tampere University, has published widely on premodern hagiography and cults of saints, disability, and social history of medicine. Among her publications is Saints, Infirmity, and Community in the Late Middle Ages (2020). Iona McCleery, University of Leeds, publishes on the history of medicine, the cult of the saints, and the history of food with a focus on late-medieval Portugal. She is editor of the Cultural History of Medicine in the Middle Ages (2021).