Born in Bury St Edmunds, and now a foremost authority on the history and culture of eastern England, Francis Young gained a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. A former Head of History at the King's School, Ely, he is the author and editor of seven previous books. These include English Catholics and the Supernatural, 1553-1829 (2013), The Gages of Hengrave and Suffolk Catholicism, 1640-1767 (2015), The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds: History, Legacy and Discovery (2016), Catholic East Anglia: A History of the Catholic Faith in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (2016) and A History of Exorcism in Catholic Christianity (2016). He broadcasts regularly for the BBC on historical and religious topics.
Young’s meticulous investigations provide a thorough, readable study of the different interpretations of Edmund’s life, death, and posthumous cult interpreted through the existing textual, archaeological, and artistic source materials … [A] well-written and thoroughly researched book which provides a rare, long-view study of the cult of an important saint. * Early Medieval Europe *