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The Medieval Church · c. 1250–1261
Treatise on Various Preachable Matters
Stephen of Bourbon · c. 1180–c. 1261
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What it is
Illustrative stories for preachers gathered by an inquisitor, including his account of peasants venerating a greyhound as a saint and healer of children.
Why it lasted
A goldmine of popular belief recorded by a man trying to stamp it out, and the source of the strangest documented medieval cult.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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