Saints and sainthood around the Baltic Sea : orality, literacy, and communication in the Middle Ages /: orality, literacy, and communication in the Middle Ages. (2018)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Saints and sainthood around the Baltic Sea : orality, literacy, and communication in the Middle Ages /: orality, literacy, and communication in the Middle Ages. (2018)
- Main Title:
- Saints and sainthood around the Baltic Sea : orality, literacy, and communication in the Middle Ages
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Carsten Selch Jensen, Tuomas Lehtonen, Tracey R. Sands, Nils Holger Petersen, Kurt V. Jensen.
- Editors:
- Jensen, Carsten Selch
Petersen, Nils Holger
Jensen, Kurt Villads
Lehtonen, Tuomas M. S
Sands, Tracey R - Contents:
- List of Figures Preface Part I: Introduction and Methodological Questions Saints and Sainthood around the Baltic Sea: An Introduction by Carsten S. Jensen, Tracey R. Sands, Nils Holger Petersen, Kurt V. Jensen, and Tuomas M. S. Lehtonen The Elusive Quality of Saints: Saints, Churches, and Cults by Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen Medieval Cults and Modern Inventions: Dorothy of Montau, the Teutonic Order and "Katholiken für Hitler" by Cordelia Heß Finnish Saints' Tradition and Folklore: Interpreting St. Anne, St. Katherine of Alexandria, and St. Birgitta of Sweden by Irma-Riitta Järvinen Part II: Cult of Saints in Medieval Russia and Livonia Varangian Saints and Christ-Like Varangians in Early Rus' Christianity by John H. Lind The Cult and Visual Representation of Scandinavian Saints in Medieval Livonia by Anu Mänd History Made Sacred: Martyrdom and the Making of a Sanctified Beginning in Early Thirteenth-Century Livonia by Carsten Selch Jensen Part III: Saints' Cults and the Creation of Regional and National Identities St. Canute Lavard around the Baltic Sea by Nils Holger Petersen Saints, Guilds, and Seals: From Exclusivity to Competition by Lars Bisgaard Saints and Political Identities in Late Medieval Lund and Uppsala by Tracey R. Sands Saints at War in the Baltic Region by Kurt Villads Jensen Saints around the Baltic: Some Remarks, Conclusions, and Further Questions by Felicitas Schmieder Bibliography.
- Edition:
- New edition
- Publisher Details:
- Kalamazoo : Medieval Institute Publications
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 274.8503
Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
Christianity -- Baltic Sea Region -- History -- To 1500 - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781580443241
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- Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.266299
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