Bücher von Nicholas (Christ Church College Vincent

The first extended study of relics of the blood of Christ, the 'Holy Blood'. Starting with new evidence relating to the relics deposited by Henry III at Westminster in 1247, the study proceeds to a wider consideration of blood relics and their place in Christian devotion.

This is the first biography of one of the wealthiest and most influential bishops of medieval Europe. It sheds new light on on the role of aliens in English politics, Magna Carta, the loss of Normandy, and the constitutional and administrative developments of the reign of Henry III.