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History ETDs
Publication Date
Spring 5-17-1951
Abstract
For some years following the death of Saint William the cult flourished and many people came to the tomb of the boy saint to worship and seek miraculous help. It is the aim of this study to follow the diffusion of the story and its impression on those who it reached. We will plot the geographical range of the cult for the twenty-eight years covered by the chronicle. We will also consider other historical evidence of the story having reached localities not mentioned in the narrative. We will suggest ways that the information may have been carried. Besides following the travels of the legend we shall not which classes of the people that came seeking miraculous help from the saint seem to have been most impressed by the story. Finally, we shall survey the miracles performed , noting the kinds of diseases cured and the nature of other miraculous happenings and visions. From this study we hope to gain insight into the minds of the people and conditions of twelfth century England.
Level of Degree
Masters
Degree Name
History
Department Name
History
First Committee Member (Chair)
Josiah Cox Russell
Second Committee Member
John Edward Longhurst
Third Committee Member
Marion Dargan
Language
English
Keywords
England, Saint William of Norwich, Social Classes
Document Type
Thesis
Recommended Citation
Scrivner, Helen B.. "A Study of the Legend and Cult of the Boy Martyr, Saint William of Norwich." (1951). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/194