Saints and Sainthood around the Baltic Sea
Identity, Literacy, and Communication in the Middle Ages
Edited by Carsten Selch Jensen Edited by Tracey Sands Edited by Nils Holger Petersen Edited by Kurt Villads Jensen Edited by Tuomas M. S. Lehtonen
Hardback (Published)
(April 2018)
ISBN: 9781580443234
6.14 x 9.21 inches
Price: $109.00
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~ENG~This volume addresses the history of saints and sainthood in the Middle Ages in the Baltic Region with a special focus on the cult of saints in Russia, Prussia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, and Latvia.
This volume addresses the history of saints and sainthood in the Middle Ages in the Baltic Region, with a special focus on the cult of saints in Russia, Prussia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, and Latvia (Livonia). Essays explore such topics as the introduction of foreign (and “old”) saints into new regions, the creation of new local cults of saints in newly Christianized regions, the role of the cult of saints in the creation of political and lay identities, and the potential role of saints in times of war.
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 Jurgensen Medieval Cults and Modern Inventions: Dorothy of Montau, the Teutonic Order and "Katholiken fur Hitler" by Cordelia Hess Finnish Saints' Tradition and Folklore: Interpreting St. Anne, St. Katherine of Alexandria, and St. Birgitta of Sweden by Irma-Riitta Jarvinen 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 Mand 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,
- Edited by Carsten Selch Jensen
- Edited by Tracey Sands
- Edited by Nils Holger Petersen
- Edited by Kurt Villads Jensen
- Edited by Tuomas M. S. Lehtonen
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