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Devotion to the saints played a crucial role in the religious life of theMiddle Ages. Kings and queens merchants and craftsmen beggars and thieves ?all were alike in drawing inspiration reassurance and solace from the livesof holy martyrs and pious confessors. Saints were much loved because they helda unique position in the hierarchy of Heaven they had the power to intercededirectly with God on behalf of the living.Familiar though many saints may be some elements of their history are notimmediately obvious. How does one become a saint? Who were the first saints?Why was the devotion to saints so passionate? Why did certain individualsprofessions towns and countries adopt particular saints as their patrons? Whywere a saints relics so important and why were pilgrimages to their shrines soimportant?In Saints in Medieval Manuscripts Greg Buzwell documents how saints wererepresented in the manuscripts of the Middle Ages. He focuses on those saintswhose cults were based in the Latin West including the well known like StSebastian and St George as well as many less familiar ones. The book isbeautifully illustrated with examples taken primarily from the BritishLibrarys collection of medieval western manuscripts. Buzwell also discussesthe particular nature of these manuscripts and their importance in medievalreligious life. «
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