Signs of Devotion: The Cult of ST Æthelthryth in Medieval England, 695–1615. By Virginia Blanton. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. Pp. xvii + 350. 16 illustrations. $65.

Although Signs of Devotion is no longer unique in offering a "longitudinal study of an early Anglo-Saxon cult" (p. 5), it is nevertheless a welcome addition to an area which is gaining increased currency in Anglo-Saxon studies. In this monograph, Virginia blanton emphasizes the multi-disciplinary nature of hagiology and offers an examination of the cult of Æthelthryth that, although primarily concerned with the intersection of textual and visual culture, also places the cult within its historical and liturgical context. the book is chronologically ordered and yet each chapter could be read quite independently; in fact, it is the depth of coverage within each chapter rather than any sense of the chronological development of the cult that is the strength of this study. For this reason, I shall offer a review of each chapter in turn in what follows.