1DISCLAIMER
8HISTORICAL CONTROVERSIES AND SKEPTICISM
2INTRODUCTORY
9COMPARATIVE RELICS AND GLOBAL ANALOGUES
3ORIGINS AND EARLY MENTIONS
10CULTURAL RESONANCE AND POPULAR IMAGINATION
4THE SHROUD IN THE EYES OF FAITH
11POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL INFLUENCE
5THE ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL CONTEXT
12PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS
6SCIENTIFIC SCRUTINY – CARBON DATING AND BEYOND
13MODERN MYSTERIES AND UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
7THE ENIGMA OF THE IMAGE
