A sweeping, authoritative, and entertaining history of the Christian cult of the saints from its origin to the Reformation From its earliest centuries, one of t

When the bodies of two people are discovered in the remains of an arson fire that destroyed Glastonbury Abbey, Adelia Aguilar, Mistress of the Art of Death, is

This literary and cultural study explores the practice in nineteenth-century Britain of treasuring objects that had belonged to the dead.

Whereas modern societies tend to banish the dead from the world of the living, medieval men and women accorded them a vital role in the community. The saints co

The author, one of the most highly respected scholars of historical anthropology, has undertaken extensive research on folk beliefs related to communication wit