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Author:   Dr. Carsten Selch Jensen (Associate Professor of Church History, University of Copenhagen) ,  Tracey Sands (Independent Scholar) ,  Nils Holger Petersen (Associate Professor Emeritus of Church History, University of Copenhagen) ,  Kurt Villads Jensen (Professor in Medieval History, Stockholm University)
Publisher:   Medieval Institute Publications
Imprint:   Medieval Institute Publications
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   54
Weight:   0.002kg
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9781580443234

ISBN 10:   1580443230
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   15 April 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"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 Bibliography"

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Carsten Selch Jensen is Associate Professor in Church History at the University of Copenhagen. 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. Tuomas M. S. Lehtonen is Secretary General of the Finnish Literature Society, and Adjunct Professor (Docent) of European History at the University of Helsinki.

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