The Oldest Legend: Acts of the Canonization Process, and Miracles of Saint Margaret of Hungary (Hardcover)

Acknowledgments

I. Introduction

Gabor Klaniczay Saint Margaret?Royal and Female Sanctity

Ildiko Csepregi Preface: The Formation of the Texts Recording Margaret's Miracles

II. Legenda Vetus ? The Oldest Legend
Vita beatae Margaritae de Hungaria ? Life of the Blessed Margaret of Hungary ca. 1273?1275

III. Acts of the Canonization Process
Inquisitio super vita, conversatione et miraculis beatae Margarethae virginis?Inquisition on the life, behavior and miracles of the blessed virgin Margaret 26 June?12 October 1276

IV. Correspondence Relating to Margaret's Medieval Canonization Attempts

Bence Peterfi Introduction: The survival of the sources

1 Mandate of Pope Gregory X Ordering the Examination of Margaret's Miracles [May 4, 1272]
2 Mandate of Pope Innocent V to the CanonsUmberto Bianchi and de la Corra [May 14, 1276]
3 Mandate of Pope Innocent V to the Canons Umberto Bianchi and de la Corra [May 25, 1276]
4 Letter from Umberto Bianchi and de la Corra to Pope JohnI [ca. 1276]
5 Letter of Rudolf of Habsburg, King of the Romans to the Pope [1277]
6 Petition of Emeric, Bishop of Varad, to the Holy See [ca. 1305?1314]
7 Mandate of Pope Urban VI for a New Inquest on Margaret of Hungary[June 1, 1379]
8 Letter of King Mathias to Pope Pius II [1462?1464]
9 Letter of King Matthias to the collegium of Cardinals [1462?1464]

V. A New Series of Miracles at the Tomb of Blessed Margaret

Bence Peterfi Introduction to the Charters

1?11 Charters of the Chapter of Buda, 1460?1467

Select Bibliography

Select Hagiography of Saint Margaret of Hungary

Index of Proper Names
Index of Places