Medieval Miracle Accounts as Stories
Robert Bartlett
Thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, miracle accounts were recorded in the Middle Ages, and recent generations scholars have analysed them to illuminate social realities medieval cult saints. Another approach is explore these as narratives, this article suggests three ways doing this: by placing on a scale between more literary, which are intended celebrate saint generally, determinedly probative or forensic, concerned demonstrate veracity formal means, such naming witnesses; looking at narrative motifs recur accounts; subjecting close readings kind employed when analysing fiction.
Irish Theological Quarterly