Saint Edmund King And Martyr
Subtitle: a history of his life and times with an account of the translation of his incorrupt body, etc. From original mss.
Publisher: London, Leamington, Art and Book Co.; New York Benziger Bros.
Published: 1893
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Preface vii; title: Prayer to St. Edmund xix; title: Chapter I.; title: Introductory — St. Edmund's Kingdom. Its Rulers and Saints 1; title: Chapter II.; title: Saint Edmund's Parentage and Birth 21; title: Chapter III.; title: King Offa of East Anglia. St. Edmund succeeds him. St. Edmund is anointed and crowned 34; title: Chapter IV.; title: St. Edmund's Sovereignty. His Character and Rule 69; title: Chapter V.; title: St. Edmund and the Danes 83; title: Chapter VI.; title: The Struggle with the Norsemen 97; title: Chapter VII.; title: St. Edmund's Passion 122; title: Chapter VIII.; title: Edmund the Saint, "Kynge, Marty re, and Virgyne" 132; title: Chapter IX.; title: The Translations of St. Edmund's Body. The Witnesses of its Incorruption. The Martyr's Relics 141; title: § 1. The Finding of the Martyr's Head aud Body, and their Burial at Heglesdune (Hoxne) on Monday, December 30, A. D. 870 141; title: § 2. The First Translation of St. Edmund's Body to Beodricsworth (St. Edmund's Bury) by Bishop Theodred I., A.D. 903 146; title: § 3. Oswene, the First Witness of St. Edmund's Incorruption, before A.D. 925 153; title: § 4. Bishop Theodred II., called the Good, the Second Witness of St. Edmund's Incorruption, a.d. 945 or 950 154; title: § 5. The Youth Leofst&n, the Third Witness of St. Edmund's Incorruption, about A.D. 980 158; title: § 6. The Monk Ailwin, the Fourth Witness of St. Edmund's Incorruption, A. D. 990 to 1032. 160; title: § 7. The Second Translation of St. Edmund's Body. It is taken to London, A.D. 1010 164; title: § 8. The Third Translation of St. Edmund's Body. It is taken back to Beodricsworth (St. Edmund's Bury), A.D. 1013 172; title: § 9. The Fourth Translation of St. Edmund. His holy Body is moved to King Canute's new Church, Oct. 18, a.d. 1032 176; title: § 10. Abbot Leofstan, the Fifth Witness of St. Edmund's Incorruption, A.D. 1050 187; title: § 11. The Fifth Translation by Abbot Baldwin, on Sunday, April 29, A.D. 1095 191; title: § 12. Tolinus the Sacrist, the Sixth Witness of St. Edmund's Incorruption, with three others, verities the sacred Body in the reign of Abbot Baldwin, A.D. 1094—1095 199; title: § 13. The Sixth Translation of St. Edmund's Body, by Abbot Samson, Nov. 23, A.D. 1198 205; title: § 14. Abbot Samson, the Seventh Witness of St. Edmund's Incorruption, Nov. 26, A.D. 1198 216; title: § 15. The Seventh Translation of St. Edmund's Body to France, by Louis the Dauphin, Sept. 11, a.d. 1217 221; title: § 16. The Eighth Translation of St. Edmund's Body to the Basilica of Saint Sernin, Toulouse, a.d. 1219 228; title: § 17. The Ninth Translation of St. Edmund's Body 239; title: § 18. The Tenth Translation of St. Edmund's Body, by his Grace Charles de Montchal, Archbishop of Toulouse, A. D. 1644 240; title: § 19. St. Edmund's Body and its present Resting-Place, A.D. 1644 to 1892 250; title: § 20. Minor Relics of St. Edmund in Ancient and Modern Times 255; title: Chapter X.; title: The Miracles of St. Edmund 270; title: Chapter XI.; title: Devotion to St. Edmund 307; title: Chapter XII.; title: St. Edmund's Patrimony 352; title: ILLUSTRATIONS, PLANS, ETC.; title: St. Edmund Frontispiece; title: Map of East Anglia, &c. Page 1; title: Abbot Baldwin's great Church of St. Edmund, in the 15th century 191; title: The Basilica of Saint Sernin at Toulouse 228; title: King Henry VI. at St. Edmund's Shrine (from Dom Lydgate's "Life and Acts of St. Edmund," Harleian MS. 2278) 307; title: Ground Plan of St. Edmund's Abbey 352; title: Seal of modern St. Edmund's 411