This book examines how a person solicited aid from a saint, how they might give thanks and the ways in which post-mortem miracles structured the cult of the saints.

Tom Lynch studied at University College London, Royal Holloway and the University of Cambridge. He now works at the British Library and is interested in the interdisciplinary study of societies past and present.

Introduction / Chapter I - Writing Miracles / Chapter II - Making Shrines / Chapter III - Petitioning the Saints / Chapter IV - Retribution and Reconciliation / Chapter V - Giving Thanks for Miracles / Conclusions / Appendix I - Saints in the Liturgy