Figures
1.1 Church of St. George of Vardas, Rhodes 15
1.2 Church of St. Nicholas, Laconia 15
1.3 Church of St. John Chrysostom, Laconia 16
1.4 Church of the Taxiarchs, Laconia 17
1.5 Church of St. Dimitrius, Laconia 18
1.6 Church of St. Dimitrius, Euboea 25
2.1 Diagram of St. Mary’s Cathedral Church, Salisbury 39
10.1 Map of early Viking Age sites in Scandinavia 206
10.2 Plan of the Ribe cemetery 207
10.3 A small wine pitcher reused as an urn for the cremated remains of a 2-year old, Ribe cemetery, 8th century 213
10.4 Selected examples of young female graves from Viking age Scandinavia 218
11.1 Chrisom brass of Thomas Greville (1492) at St. Margaret’s Church, Stanford Rivers, Essex 235
Tables
4.1 Latin terminology used in first instance to denote the age of minors within Willelmi 63
4.2 The presence of minors within the seven miracula 67
4.3 The variety of ailments suffered by minors within Willelmi 69
4.4 Analysis of the person(s) recorded as supporting young cure-seekers in Willelmi 73
4.5 Analysis of the distances travelled, and the places of residence recorded for young cure-seekers in Willelmi 75
4.6 Locations of minors at the time of their miraculous healing within Willelmi 81
10.1 Data on burials of individuals with an age at death (osteologically defined) under 18–20 from the Ribe cemetery 209