ABOUT THIS BOOK

The roles of popes, saints, and crusaders were inextricably intertwined in the Middle Ages: papal administration was fundamental in the making and promulgating of new saints and in financing crusades, while crusaders used saints as propaganda to back up the authority of popes, and even occasionally ended up being sanctified themselves. Yet, current scholarship rarely treats these three components of medieval faith together. This book remedies that by bringing together scholars to consider the links among the three and the ways that understanding them can help us build a more complete picture of the working of the church and Christianity in the Middle Ages.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Kirsi Salonen is professor of medieval and early modern history at the School of History, Culture and Arts Studies at the University of Turku.Sari Katajala-Peltomaa is a research fellow at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Tampere

REVIEWS

"The editors have set themselves the ambitious, and important, task of bringing together scholars studying three aspects of the medieval Church which are usually treated separately. . . . Overall, the quality of the contributions is high, with each casting new light on its subject. Moreover, the essays in each thematic strand complement each other well. . . . One of the major advantages of this book is that it showcases the various methodologies available to medievalists, bearing witness to the value of quantitative analysis, a micro-historical approach, charting the development of a theme over the longue duree, a close reading of the motifs and content of individual texts, a comparative study of several narratives, and of situating a series of events like the Swedish 'crusades' within a broader contextual framework. . . . Those interested in papal administration, saints and hagiographies, and crusade and mission on the fringes of Christendom will find much food for thought here."

— Medieval Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PrefaceSari Katajala-Peltomaa and Kirsi SalonenIn the Name of Saints Peter and Paul: Popes, Conversion, and Sainthood in Western ChristianitySari Katajala-Peltomaa, Kirsi Salonen, and Kurt Villads JensenI. Papal AdministrationThe Cost of Grace: The Composition Fees in the Penitentiary, c. 1450-1500 Ludwig SchmuggeCareer Prospects of Minor Curialists in the Fifteenth Century: The Case of Petrus ProfiltJussi HanskaA Criminal Trial at the Court of the Chamber Auditor: An Analysis of a registrum from 1515-1516 in the Danish National ArchivesPer IngesmanII. Saints and MiraclesThe Power of the Saints and the Authority of the Popes: The History of Sainthood and Late Medieval Canonization Processes Gábor KlaniczayVelut Alter Alexius: The Saint Alexis Model in Medieval Hagiography Paolo GolinelliJudicium Medicine and Judicium Sanctitatis - Medical Doctors in the Canonization Process of Nicolas of Tolentino (1325): Experts Subject to the Inquisitorial Logic Didier LettHeavenly Healing or Failure of Faith? Partial Cures in Later Medieval Canonization Processes Jenni KuulialaIII. Crusades and ConversionServi Beatae Marie Virginis: Christians and Pagans in Henry's Chronicle of LivoniaJüri KivimäeHoly War - Holy Wrath! Baltic Wars Between Regulated Warfare and Total Annihilation around 1200Kurt Villads JensenThe Swedish Expeditions ('Crusades') towards Finland ReconsideredJens E. Olesen