Introduction / Nils Holger Petersen
Continuity: Martyrdom in the west : vengeance, purge, salvation, and history / Philippe Buc ; From 'Theotokos' to 'Mater Dolorosa' : continuity and change in the images of Mary / Miri Rubin ; Altering the sacred face / Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen
Change: Historical discourse in Renaissance Italy / Peter Burke ; Reproducing the Mona Lisa in nineteenth century France / Stephen Bann ; Kneeling before God
kneeling before the Emperor : the transformation of a ritual during the confessional conflict in Germany / Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger ; 'Un autre Saint Bernard' : representing Bernard of Clairvaux in the age of Louis XIV / Mette B. Bruun
Permanence: 'Quod infixum manet' : perseverance in Augustine and Heinrich von Kleist / M.B. Pranger ; Blowing bubbles in the postmodern era / Rob C. Wegman History and humour : 'Spartacus' and the existence of the past / Eyolf Østrem.