Abstract
The manuscript Oxford, Merton College, 13 contains five eucharistic miracles copied in England at the end of the 1420s. The first narrative, which was written by a Cistercian around 1200, recounts how the clergy in Mantua used a miraculous wafer to combat the Cathars. The four others, presented more briefly, are based on well-known traditions. The transcription of the texts and their acquisition by Merton College around 1468 took place in the context of the struggle against the Lollards. The manuscript is marked by the debates excited by the theology of Wyclif, and sensitive subjects, such as predestination, relics or the eucharist are touched on in pastoral material. The miracle narratives, which had been written to combat dualist heresies in the late 12th century, are taken up again to face the challenge represented by Wyclif. The previously unpublished texts are transcribed and translated in the annex.
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