Saints and sainthood around the Baltic Sea
| Titel: | Saints and sainthood around the Baltic Sea : identity, literacy, and communication in the Middle Ages / edited by Carsten Selch Jensen, Tracey R. Sands, Nils Holger Petersen, Kurt Villads Jensen, Tuomas M.S. Lehtonen |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Kalamazoo : Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, [2018] |
| Umfang: | xii, 324 Seiten : Illustrationen |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Studies in medieval and early modern culture ; 54 |
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| ISBN: | 9781580443234 ; 9781580443241 |
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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.
