The Cult of Saints and Legitimization of Elite Power in East Central and Northern Europe up To 1300.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Turnhout, Belgium :
Brepols Publishers
2024.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Comparative Perspectives on Medieval History Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009871126006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Preface
- 1. Saints and Elites on the Periphery: An Introduction. Steffen Hope, Grzegorz Pac, and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
- Non-native Saints: Introduction. Steffen Hope, Grzegorz Pac, and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
- 2. The Authority of the Virgin. The Use of the Marian Cult in the Legitimization of Power in the Kingdom of Hungary before 1300. Karen Stark
- 3. Aegis of Aegidius - The Cult of St Giles in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Poland. Miłosz Sosnowski
- 4. The Apostles and Ecclesiastical Elites in Medieval Iceland. A Gregorian Hermeneutic Turn in the Medieval North. Haraldur Hreinsson
- 5. From St Florian to St Stanislaus. The Legitimization of Ducal and Episcopal Power in Kraków in the Late Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Century. Karolina Morawska
- 6. From St Olaf to the Relic of the Crown of Thorns. The Legitimization of Royal Power in Thirteenth-Century Norway. Jerzy Pysiak
- 7. Sanctity in Service. Saints in the Legitimation of the Presence of the Dominicans in Hungary. Eszter Konrád
- Native Saints: Introduction. Steffen Hope, Grzegorz Pac, and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
- 8. The Prague Nunnery and its Patroness, St Ludmila. Legitimization and Mutual Support. Grzegorz Pac
- 9. Many Lives of One Man. Strategies for Building Legitimacy through the Story of St Wenceslas in Early and High Medieval Hagiography (940s-1260s). David Kalhous
- 10. The Cult of Saints in Elite Identity Construction in the Peripheries. The Cases of St Cnut of Denmark and St Wenceslas of Bohemia. Kacper Bylinka
- 11. The Canonization Accounts of St Stephen of Hungary, St Thorlak of Skálholt, and St Cnut of Odense. A Comparative Reading. Haki Antonsson
- 12. Legitimizing Episcopal Power in Twelfth-Century Denmark through the Cult of Saints. Steffen Hope.
- 13. A Mutually Beneficial Relationship. Saints and the Legitimization of Elite Ecclesiastical Institutions in Sweden and Denmark before 1300. Sara Ellis Nilsson
- 14. The Liturgical Performance of Saints' Offices in Medieval Sweden. Multimodal and Performative Event in a Legitimizing Context. Karin Lagergren
- 15. St Hedwig of Silesia. The First Dynastic Saint of the Piasts and the Legitimization of Power at a Time of Change in the Thirteenth Century. Anna Agnieszka Dryblak
- 16. The Legitimization of Papal Power through the Cults of Royal Women in Thirteenth-Century East Central Europe. Kirsty Day
- 17. The Cult of Saints and the Legitimization of Ecclesiastical and Secular Elites on the Periphery: Conclusions. Steffen Hope, Grzegorz Pac, and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
- Index.
