From the Book - Revised edition.
Preface to the 1990 edition
CHAPTER ONE. RELICS AND SAINTS IN THE CENTRAL MIDDLE AGES. Relics as symbol
Between hagiography and history
The evolution of saints' cults in the central Middle Ages
CHAPTER TWO. THE CULT OF RELICS IN CAROLINGIAN EUROPE. Relic cults to the Ninth century
Carolingian reform and the cult of relics
CHAPTER THREE. THE PROFESSIONALS. The Italian trade
CHAPTER FOUR. MONASTIC THEFTS. Monastic competition
Evolution of religious sentiment
CHAPTER FIVE. URBAN THEFTS. "Translatio Sancti Marci"
"Translatio Sancti Nicolai"
CHAPTER SIX. JUSTIFICATIONS. Legality of relic thefts
The formation of a literary tradition
Sacred history and communal pride
CHAPTER SEVEN. CONCLUSIONS.
APPENDIX A. CRITIQUE OF TEXTS. I. "Translatio Beati Vincentii"
II. "Translatio Sanctae Fidei"
III. "Translatio Sanctae Faustae"
IV. "Translatio Sancti Mariani"
APPENDIX B. HANDLIST OF RELIC THEFTS.