Why can the dead do such great things? : saints and worshippers from the martyrs to the Reformation - Bartlett, Robert, 1950- (Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2013)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-733) and index.
Keywords: Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.; Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Christian saints -- History; Christian martyrs -- History