Dialogue on Miracles

Ronald E. Pepin received his PhD from Fordham University. In addition to The Lives of Monastic Reformers, 1 and 2 (in collaboration with Hugh Feiss and Maureen O'Brien), his published translations include The Vatican Mythographers (Fordham, 2008), Anselm & Becket (PIMS, 2009), and Sextus Amarcius: Satires (DOML: Harvard, 2011).

• ContentsPreface    viiAbbreviations    ixThe Dialogue on Miracles    1Seventh Section: On Holy Mary    3Eighth Section: On Diverse Visions    95Ninth Section: On the Sacrament of Christ’s Body and Blood    191Tenth Section: On Miracles    255Eleventh Section: On the Dying    313Twelfth Section: On the Rewards of the Dead    373Index    435

"It is almost a century since the Dialogue on Miracles was last translated and published, and so the appearance of this new translation is a happy occasion for medieval studies. Caesarius of Heisterbach was once looked upon askance as a teller of tales, but it is precisely this trait which makes him an invaluable source for the thought and feelings of medieval people. He was a great listener and recorder, and with the guidance of Hugh Feiss's introduction, the reader will be introduced to an exciting world of fact and fantasy."Brian Patrick McGuire, professor emeritus of history (Denmark)