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Martyrdom, Murder, and Magic: Child Saints and Their Cults in Medieval Europe
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Martyrdom, Murder, and Magic: Child Saints and Their Cults in Medieval Europe Hardcover - 2005

by William L. Fox (Editor); Patricia Healy Wasyliw


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Martyrdom, Murder, and Magic: Child Saints and Their Cults in Medieval Europe is a comprehensive history of child saints and their cults from late Antiquity to the end of the fifteenth century. The child martyrs of the persecutions, including the Holy Innocents, were the first child saints recognized by the Church and their cults spread throughout Europe in the early Middle Ages. Alongside these cults, medieval society also venerated child martyrs , victims of political or domestic violence. The increasing role of the papacy in the canonization process after the tenth century resulted in the veneration of saintly child confessors in the high Middle Ages, but from the end of the twelfth century, most children worshipped as saints were the alleged victims of ritual murder by Jews. This book considers the formation and transformation of child saints and their cults in the context of popular belief and the history of childhood.

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  • Title Martyrdom, Murder, and Magic: Child Saints and Their Cults in Medieval Europe
  • Author William L. Fox (Editor); Patricia Healy Wasyliw
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 206
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
  • Date August 25, 2005
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780820427645 / 0820427640
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94049578
  • Dewey Decimal Code 235.208

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 05/01/2008, Page 34

About the author

The Author: Patricia Healy Wasyliw received her B.A. in Medieval studies and her Ph.D. in Medieval history from Binghamton University. She is currently Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University.
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