Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: The Hagiographic Context -- 1.1. The St Magnús Corpus -- 1.2. Robert's Life of St Magnús and its Components -- 1.3. Magnús saga lengri and the Cult of St Magnús in Iceland -- 1.4. The Narrative Pattern of Princely Martyrdom -- 1.5. The Literature on Princely Martyrs and the Periphery -- 1.6. Robert's Vita and the Becket Corpus -- Part Two: The Orkney Context -- 2.1. The Elevation at Birsay and the Translation to Kirkwall -- 2.2. The Earl -- 2.3. The Bishop -- 2.4. The Translation of Earl Rögnvaldr Kali -- 2.5. Concluding Observations -- Part Three: Martyr-Cults of Secular Leaders in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Scandinavia -- 3.1. St Ólafr Haraldsson of Norway -- 3.2. The Cult of St Hallvard -- 3.3. The Danish Princely Cults: St Knud of Odense and St Knud Lavard -- 3.4. St Erik of Sweden -- 3.5. Conclusions -- Part Four: Secular Leaders Associated with Sanctity in the Twelfth-Century Scandinavian Lands -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. King Ólafr Tryggvason of Norway and King Erik emune of Denmark -- 4.3. Orkney: Earl Haraldr ungi -- 4.4. Denmark: King Knud Magnusson -- 4.5. Norway: Two Kings and Two Pretenders -- 4.6. Violent Death and Sanctity -- Part Five: The Popular Context -- 5.1. The "Pagan Hypothesis" -- 5.2. Princely Saints as Heavenly Patrons -- Main Conclusions -- Genealogy -- Maps -- Bibliography -- Index.