Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Eleventh Century
- Twelfth Century
- Thirteenth Century
- II.21 Gerald of Wales
- II.22 Jocelin of Brakelond, The Chronicle of the Deeds of Abbot Samson
- II.23 Scientific Teaching of the Twelfth Century
- II.24 Matthew Paris, The Major Chronicles: King John Offers His Kingdom to the Caliph of Morocco
- II.25 Magna Carta
- II.26 Roger de Montbegon: a Life in Administrative Documents
- II.27 Edmund of Abingdon
- II.28 The Study of Latin and Other Languages
- II.29 A Miracle Associated with St John of Beverley: a Boy Falls from the Minster Roof
- II.30 The 1297 Visitation of Chiswick Church by the Authorities of St Paul’s Cathedral
- Fourteenth Century
- Fifteenth Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume II
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
II.29 - A Miracle Associated with St John of Beverley: a Boy Falls from the Minster Roof
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Eleventh Century
- Twelfth Century
- Thirteenth Century
- II.21 Gerald of Wales
- II.22 Jocelin of Brakelond, The Chronicle of the Deeds of Abbot Samson
- II.23 Scientific Teaching of the Twelfth Century
- II.24 Matthew Paris, The Major Chronicles: King John Offers His Kingdom to the Caliph of Morocco
- II.25 Magna Carta
- II.26 Roger de Montbegon: a Life in Administrative Documents
- II.27 Edmund of Abingdon
- II.28 The Study of Latin and Other Languages
- II.29 A Miracle Associated with St John of Beverley: a Boy Falls from the Minster Roof
- II.30 The 1297 Visitation of Chiswick Church by the Authorities of St Paul’s Cathedral
- Fourteenth Century
- Fifteenth Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume II
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
Summary
Various miracles were recorded as having taken place around Beverley minster where the body of the saint, John of Beverley (died 721) was buried. One of these records an incident when a boy, keen to watch a drama about Christ’s passion being performed in the churchyard, climbed up high inside the minster to get a good view, but fell to the paving beneath and was apparently dead, but then returned to life. The account is vivid, and ends with an allegorical coda drawing parallels with Christ’s death and resurrection.
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- The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin , pp. 284 - 288Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024