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Full Description
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.
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
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