Saints and Sainthood Around the Baltic Sea: Identity, Literacy, and Communication in the Middle Ages by Jensen, Kurt Villads

Saints and Sainthood Around the Baltic Sea: Identity, Literacy, and Communication in the Middle Ages (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781580443234)

Vendor: Kurt Villads Jensen
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Format: Hardcover
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Saints and Sainthood Around the Baltic Sea: Identity, Literacy, and Communication in the Middle Ages by Jensen, Kurt Villads

Saints and Sainthood Around the Baltic Sea: Identity, Literacy, and Communication in the Middle Ages

$109.00
Saints and Sainthood Around the Baltic Sea: Identity, Literacy, and Communication in the Middle Ages by Jensen, Kurt Villads

Saints and Sainthood Around the Baltic Sea: Identity, Literacy, and Communication in the Middle Ages

$109.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.

Author: Kurt Villads Jensen
ISBN-10: 1580443230
ISBN-13: 9781580443234
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2018
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
By Kurt Villads Jensen
By Kurt Villads Jensen
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Carsten Selch Jensen is Associate Professor in Church History at the University of Copenhagen. Tuomas M. S. Lehtonen is Secretary General of the Finnish Literature Society, and Adjunct Professor (Docent) of European History at the University of Helsinki. Tracey Sands is an independent scholar of Scandinavian Studies, based in California. Nils Holger Petersen is Associate Professor emeritus of Church History, University of Copenhagen. Kurt Villads Jensen is Professor in medieval history and Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, Stockholm University.

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