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Del 54 - Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

Saints and Sainthood around the Baltic Sea

Identity, Literacy, and Communication in the Middle Ages

AvCarsten Selch Jensen,Tracey Sandsm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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This volume addresses the history ofsaints and sainthood in the Middle Agesin the Baltic Region, with a special focuson the cult of saints in Russia, Prussia,Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, andLatvia (Livonia). Essays explore suchtopics as the introduction of foreign (and"old") saints into new regions, thecreation of new local cults of saints innewly Christianized regions, the role ofthe cult of saints in the creation ofpolitical and lay identities, and thepotential role of saints in times of war.