Why can the dead do such great things? : saints and worshippers from the martyrs to the Reformation / Robert Bartlett.

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]

xviii, 787 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-733) and index.

Part I. Developments. Origins (100-500) -- The early Middle Ages (500-1000) -- The high and later Middle Ages (1000-1500) -- The Protestant Reformation -- part II. Dynamics. The nature of cult -- Saints' days -- Types of saint -- Relics and shrines -- Miracles -- Pilgrimage -- Dedications and naming -- Images of the saints -- The literature of sanctity -- Doubt and dissent -- Reflections.