- Cecilia Mary Caddell, Tales of the Festivals, Second Series (P. J. Kenedy, 1896). Short stories intended to explain various Catholic holy days. You can read it here. (eBay)
- Jane Shaw, Miracles in Enlightenment England (Yale, 2006). Eighteenth-century Protestants try to make sense of miraculous happenings. (Amazon [secondhand])
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Miracles in Enlightment England sounds interesting.
Posted by: Heather T. | July 08, 2009 at 02:54 PM