How The Golden Legend shaped the medieval imagination It is impossible to understand the Middle Ages without grasping the importance of The Golden Legend, the m

In 1484, William Caxton, the first publisher of English-language books, issued The Golden Legend, a translation of the most well-known collection of saints’ l

Saints both young and bold, The tales of these saints are told here, along with those of many others who, although young, have joined the ranks of the greatest