Saints and Sainthood around the Baltic Sea

Kurt Villads (Professor in Medieval History, Stockholm University) Jensen (Hrsg.), Dr. Carsten Selch (Associate Professor of Church History, University of Copenhagen) Jensen (Hrsg.), Tuomas M. S. (Secretary General, Finnish Literature Society) Lehtonen (Hrsg.), Nils Holger (Associate Professor Emeritus of Church History, University of Copenhagen) Petersen (Hrsg.), Tracey (Independent Scholar) Sands (Hrsg.)

Medieval Institute Publications 

Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Geschichte

Beschreibung

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.

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