Saints and Sainthood Around the Baltic Sea : Identity, Literacy, and Communication in the Middle Ages.

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jensen, Carsten Selch
Other Authors: Jensen, Kurt Villads, Lethonen, Tuomas M. S., Petersen, Nils Holger, Sands, Tracey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Kalamazoo : Medieval Institute Publications, 2018.
Series:Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture Ser.
Subjects:
To 1500
Christian hagiography > History > To 1500.
Christian saints > Cult > Baltic Sea Region.
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Église > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Angelology & Demonology.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Christian hagiography.
Christian saints > Cult.
Church history > Middle Ages.
Baltic Sea Region > Church history.
Europe > Baltic Sea Region.
Church history.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Jensen-Saints Front Cover; 9781580443241_ebookTW; Halftitle; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Part I; Introduction and Methodological Questions; Saints and Sainthood around the Baltic Seaâ#x80;#x94;An Introduction; The Elusive Quality of Saints; Saints, Churches, and Cults; Medieval Cults and Modern Inventions; Dorothy of Montau, the Teutonic Order and â#x80;#x9C;Katholiken fÃơr Hitlerâ#x80;#x9D;; Finnish Saintsâ#x80;#x99; Traditions and Folklore; Interpreting St. Anne, St. Katherine ofAlexandria, and St. Birgitta of Sweden; Part II; The Cult of Saints in Medieval Russia and Livonia.
  • Varangian Saints and Christlike Varangians in Early Rusâ#x80;#x99; ChristianityThe Cult and Visual Representation of Scandinavian Saints in Medieval Livonia; History Made Sacred; Martyrdom and the Making of a Sanctified Beginning in Early Thirteenth-Century Livonia; Part III; Saintsâ#x80;#x99; Cults and the Creation of Regional and National Identities; St. Canute Lavard around the Baltic Sea; Saints, Guilds, and Seals; From Exclusivity to Competition; Saints and Political Identities in Late Medieval Lund and Uppsala; Saints at War in the Baltic Region.
  • Saints around the Balticâ#x80;#x94;Some Remarks, Conclusions, and Further QuestionsBibliography; List of Contributors; Index.

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