The Saint and the Chopped-Up Baby: The Cult of Vincent Ferrer in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

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Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii A Note on Names xv Events Relevant to the Canonization ofVincent Ferrer xvii Prologue: From Preacher to Saint 1 1. The Situation 16 2. The Process of Canonization 49 3. Shaping the Narratives of the Saint 85 4. Creating the Official Image of the Saint 121 5. Competing Stories:WhoseVincent Ferrer Is It Anyway? 160 6. The Afterlife of the Chopped-Up Baby: The Sixteenth Century and Beyond 223 Epilogue: SaintVincent Ferrer in the Spanish Americas 274 Bibliography 299 Index 329 ...