The Anatomy of a Scientific Institution: The Paris Academy of Sciences, 1666-1803

Preface Introduction 1. The Historical Setting: The Production of Saints' Lives 2. Word and Image: Narrative Problems in Pictorial Hagiography 3. Martyrs' Passions: Bearing Witness 4. The Virgin as Corpus: Bodily Offering 5. The Lives of Confessors: Bishops 6. The Lives of Confessors: Monks and Abbots 7. Lay and Royal Saints: Kings and Nobles 8. The Lives of Confessors: Nuns and Queens 9. The End of the Monastic Tradition and a New Beginning: Matthew Paris Epilogue: Narrative Innovation Appendix: List of Manuscripts Cited Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index