Thomas Aquinas's Relics as Focus for Conflict and Cult in the Late Middle Ages

Dr Marika Räsänen , Post-doctoral research fellow at the Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Turku.

• List of illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction, I. The Death of Thomas, 7 March 1274, II. The Miraculous Body at Fossanova, III. Thomas's Land - Praesentia among the Faithful, IV. Written Remembrance of the Remains Conclusion: The Endless Story, Appendix: De sancto Thome de Aquino, Abbreviations, Bibliography, Index

"[A] lively book that abounds with fascinating detail. It is important reading for anyone interested in Aquinas’s cult or wanting a new perspective on his significance for Dominican corporate self-identity, and those seeking insight into the role of materiality in late medieval religious culture." - Antonia Fitzpatrick, St John’s College, Oxford, *The English Historical Review*, Volume 134, June 2019