Body and Sacred Place in Medieval Europe, 1100-1389 (Paperback)

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. Incorporating Conceptions of Medieval Sacred Places
Chapter One: Learned Conceptions of Sacred Place: Building and Body as Two Facades of Christian Worship in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Chapter Two: History Incarnate: Human Bodies and Ideal Sacred Place in The Miracles of Our Lady of Chartres
PART II. Mundane and Profane Uses of Medieval Sacred Places
Chapter Three: Earthly Uses of Heavenly Spaces: Non-Liturgical Activities in Sacred Place
Chapter Four: Body as Champion of Church Authority and Sacred Place: The Murder of Thomas Becket
Conclusion: Division and Decomposition
Epilogue: Body and Sacred Place in the Wake of September 11: Resurrecting Medieval Metaphors in the Modern World
Selected Bibliography
Index