St. Magnús of Orkney : a Scandinavian martyr-cult in context /

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The focus of this book is on the cult of St Magns, Earl of Orkney, who was killed in 1117 in an inter-dynastic dispute. More specifically, it looks at the emergence of the Magns' cult in the twelfth century and the hagiographical corpus which was composed in his honour by Icelandic and English...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Antonsson, Haki
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Series:Northern world ; v. 29.
Subjects:
Magnus, > Saint, Earl of Orkney, > 1076?-1115?
To 1500
Christianity > Scandinavia.
Martyrdom > Christianity > History of doctrines.
Christian saints > Scotland.
Hagiography > History.
Spiritual life > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christianisme > Scandinavie.
Martyre > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines.
Saints chrétiens > Écosse.
Hagiographie > Histoire.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Christian saints.
Christianity.
Hagiography.
Spiritual life > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages.
Heiligenverering.
Hagiografie.
Scandinavia > Church history > To 1500.
Scandinavie > Histoire religieuse > Jusqu'à 1500.
Scandinavia.
Scotland.
Scandinavië.
Orkney eilanden.
Academic theses.
Church history.
History.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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