Dear Sophie,
For the development of the cult of St. Nicholas I can recommend the
exhaustive study of:
Ch. W. Jones, The Saint Nicholas liturgy and its literary relationships
(ninth to twelfth centuries), Berkeley 1963.
If you can read Dutch the following book can be handy too:
Louis Janssen, Nicolaas, de duivel en de doden: opstellen over volkscultuur,
Baar 1993, which focusses on death etc.
Hope there is something in them for you,
Bram van den Hoven van Genderen, University of Utrecht
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