The Hanged Man
Subtitle: A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: March 13, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780691126043
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500; History of religion; Miracles; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History: World; History; History - General History; Wales; Europe - Great Britain - General; Medieval; European History; History / Great Britain; Religion; Case studies; Christianity; Hanging; History of doctrines; Middle Ages, 600-1500; Near-death experiences; Religious aspects; Resurrection; To 1500
First sentence: In the summer of 1307 an inquiry opened in London to investigate whether Thomas de Cantilupe, bishop of Hereford, who had died twenty-five years earlier, could rightly be regarded as a saint.