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Author:   Steven Boardman ,  Eila Williamson ,  Dr Alan MacQuarrie ,  Audrey-Beth Fitch
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Volume:   v. 28
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781843835622

ISBN 10:   1843835622
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   19 August 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction The Big Man, the Footsteps, and the Fissile Saint: paradigms and problems in studies of insular saints' cults - Thomas O Clancy St Munnu in Ireland and Scotland: an exploration of his cult - Rachel Butter The struggle for sanctity: St Waltheof of Melrose, Cistercian in-house cults and canonisation procedure at the turn of the thirteenth century - Helen Birkett Royal and aristocratic attitudes to saints in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Scotland - Matthew Hammond A saintly sinner? The 'martyrdom' of David, duke of Rothesay - Steven Boardman Wo/men only? Marian devotion in medieval Perth - Mark A. Hall Is eagal liom lá na hagra: Devotion to the Virgin in the later medieval Gàidhealtachd - Sim Innes Scottish Saints' Legends in the Aberdeen Breviary - Alan MacQuarrie Mothers and their sons: Mary and Jesus in Scotland, 1450-1560 - Audrey-Beth Fitch The 'McRoberts Thesis' and patterns of sanctity in late medieval Scotland - David Ditchburn

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(A) stimulating volume. NORTHERN HISTORY

Contains very detailed and very specialized studies, and tells us a great deal about its topic. SPECULUM A stimulating collection. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Offers a multi-faceted picture of devotion in medieval Scotland. NORTHERN SCOTLAND Lay(s) invaluable groundwork for future scholarship on the spread of insular and universal cults, within and beyond Scotland. (It) has much to offer scholars of northern religion as well as those interested in canonization procedures, early printing practices, patterns of lay and elite devotion, Marian cults, and political saints. (...) This is a collection that, especially in conjunction with Saints' Cults in the Celtic World(...) This is a collection that, especially in conjunction with Saints' Cults in the Celtic World will be a continuing resource for scholars of Scottish religion. THE MEDIEVAL REV

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Steve Boardman is Professor in Medieval Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh. He has written monographs on the Early Stewart kings and the history of the Clan Campbell, edited several books, and published articles on various aspects of the political and cultural life of late medieval Scotland. Alan Macquarrie is Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of Glasgow. He has written extensively on medieval Scotland and in 2012 edited the Legends of Scottish Saints from the Aberdeen Breviary. David Ditchburn is Associate Professor in Medieval History at Trinity College Dublin. He has edited several books and published many articles on both religion in, and the society and economy of, medieval Scotland. Steve Boardman is Professor in Medieval Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh. He has written monographs on the Early Stewart kings and the history of the Clan Campbell, edited several books, and published articles on various aspects of the political and cultural life of late medieval Scotland.

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