Andre Vauchez is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University Paris-Nanterre. A member of the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, he was awarded the Balzan Prize in 2013 for his lifetime's work in history. His books in English include Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages; Francis of Assisi; and Catherine of Siena. Michael F. Cusato is a Franciscan friar and scholar-in-residence at St. Bonaventure University who has published widely on the history of the Franciscan order during the Middle Ages.
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Christian holiness is embodied in people, but also in places, with the consequence of shaping new cultural spaces and a new geography: this is the masterful demonstration that Andre Vauchez performs in this book. (Le Figaro Histoire) Vauchez shares an original approach to medieval Christianity through its sanctuaries, defined as sacred places where the presence of sacred objects (relics, tombs or images) maintains the memory of miracles, inspiring pilgrimages. (Histoire Magazine)