Saints and animals in the Middle Ages / Dominic Alexander.

Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2008.

viii, 200 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-190) and index.

Reading the Lives of the saints -- The formation of tradition -- Monks and animals in the medieval wilderness -- The Irish variant -- Sainted princesses and the resurrection of geese -- The hermit and the hunter -- The holy wilderness: Farne Island and the cult of Saint Cuthbert -- Animal sanctuaries of the Middle Ages? -- Saint Francis and the thirteenth century.