Romanesque Saints, Shrines, and Pilgrimage

John McNeill teaches at Oxford University’s Department of Continuing Education, and is Honorary Secretary of the British Archaeological Association, for whom he has edited and contributed to volumes on Anjou, King’s Lynn and the Fens, the medieval cloister, and English medieval chantries. He was instrumental in establishing the BAA’s International Romanesque Conference Series and has a particular interest in the design of medieval monastic precincts.Richard Plant has taught at a number of institutions and worked for many years at Christie’s Education in London, where he was Deputy Academic Director. His research interests lie in the buildings of the Anglo-Norman realm and the Holy Roman Empire, in particular in architectural iconography. He is Publicity Officer for the British Archaeological Association and, in addition to this volume, co-edited the first and third volumes in the series: Romanesque and the Past and Romanesque Patrons and Processes.

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• The Lazarus Mausoleum at Autun RevisitedNeil StratfordA re-præsentatio of Royal and Holy Bodies: The Monumental Tombs of Vienne Cathedral in their Liturgical SettingsBarbara FranzéHeribert and Anno II of Cologne: Two Saintly Archbishops, their Cult, and their Romanesque ShrinesSusanne WittekindThe Canonisation of Bernward and Godehard: Hildesheim as a Cultural and Artistic Centre in the 12th and 13th CenturiesGerhard LutzA Garland of Saints: Romanesque Verona and the Evocation of RomeMeredith FlukeThe Geography of Death: Tombs of Saints and Nobles in the Lands of the CanossasArturo Carlo QuintavalleA Satirical Itinerary of Holy Bodies? Recommendations from The Pilgrim’s GuideRose WalkerThe Pilgrimage Church of St Martin at Tours: The Building Project of the Treasurer Hervé (c. 1001–1022) and its ContextRichard GemSaint Martial of Limoges and the Making of a SaintClaude Andrault-SchmittLocal Hero: Saint Eusice at Selles-sur-CherDeborah Kahn Extra-Mural Developments: The 11th-Century Reconstruction of St-Eutrope at SaintesJohn McNeill Stone, Image, Body: Constructing the Memory of Saint Dionysius in RegensburgMichele Luigi VescoviByzantine Echoes at the end of the 11th Century in the Kingdom of Aragon: Sancho Ramirez and the Relics of Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki, Fact or Historiographic Fiction?Marta Poza YagüeInventing a New Antiquity: The Reliquary-Altar Depicting the Martyrdom of Saint Saturninus at Saint-Hilaire d’AudeManuel Castiñeiras With Faithful Mind: The Pilgrimage to Santo Domingo de SilosElizabeth Valdez del ÁlamoBradanreolice, Burryholms, and Barry Island: Saints, Shrines and Island Pilgrimage Centres in the Severn EstuaryJeremy KnightLeo on the Margins? Reform, Romanesque, and the Monastery on Inishark Island, IrelandRyan Lash Three Hungarian Shrines from 1083: Canonisation, Politics, and ReformBéla Zsolt SzakácsThe Royal and Christlike Martyr: Constructing the Cult of Saint Olav, 1030–1220Øystein EkrollThe "Forest of Symbols" on the Romanesque Bronze Doors at Gniezno Cathedral ChurchTomasz WęcławowiczImages in the Bayeux Tapestry and Rodes Bible: Reliquaries, Models,and MeaningMontserrat Pagès i ParetasTemplars, Cults, and Relics: The Cleveland Reliquary of the True CrossGaetano CurziTemplars, Hospitallers, and Canons of the Holy Sepulchre on the Way of Saint James: Building at the Service of Lay SpiritualityJavier Martínez de AguirreIndex