3. Saints in the Middle Ages
Simon Yarrow
The Church’s triumphal collaboration with the Roman Empire had ended by 500 ce. Political authority hung on in West through accommodation reached between two new forms of leadership, holy man bishop and Christian king. Saints their relics—venerated at cathedrals, court chapels kings, monasteries—fostered a civilization, Latin Christendom. ‘Saints Middle Ages’ discusses Carolingian reform cult saints; roles saints religious life Byzantine Empire; changing relationship church later Ages as result papal-led reformation; vernacularization saintly patronage from 13th‒15th centuries.
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