The cult of St Thomas Cantilupe and the politics of remembrance by Fleming, A

“…<p>The thesis aims to answer the following question: how did the relationships people had with Thomas Cantilupe, Bishop of Hereford between 1275 and 1282, shape the nature of his posthumous cult? …”

Venerating saints and constructing cults in an age of reform: male and female monastic communities and their saints in late tenth- and early eleventh-century England by Braund, S

“…Sensitive to the potential of this ideology, new male and female congregations integrated the rhetoric of reform into their cults. They created new cults and revived ancient ones with the rhetoric of reform and monastic exceptionalism. …”

Building the city of God: imperial patronage and local influence in Jerusalem from Theodosius I to Justinian (379-565 ad) by Klein, K

“…One of the main aims of this thesis is to investigate the role of imperial patronage in the city and contrast it with the growing influence of local actors, i.e. bishops, monks, and rich pilgrims who settled there. …”

Christian building patronage in the cities of late antique and Merovingian Gaul, c. 300–751 by Lewis, J

“…Chapter three considers Gaul’s ecclesiastics and especially its bishops, chapter four the laity, and chapter five the region’s ruling families. …”