The author uncovers the relationship between medieval church decoration and ritual practice in caring for the sick.  Looking closely at paintings in the C13th church of Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, a castle town in Central France, she traces their links to burial practices, the veneration of saints, and the care of the sick in nearby hospitals and sheds new light on the role of wall painting in an ecclesiastical economy of healing and redemption. Sickness and death, she argues, hold the key to understanding the dynamics of a Christian community in the Middle Ages.  Hardback.  202 pages plus 117 b&w plates.  New condition.  Cat No  4356