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" Saints and sainthood around the Baltic Sea : "
edited by Carsten Selch Jensen, Tracey R. Sands, Nils Holger Petersen, Kurt Villads Jensen, Tuomas M.S. Lehtonen.
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853640
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Saints and sainthood around the Baltic Sea : : identity, literacy, and communication in the Middle Ages /\ edited by Carsten Selch Jensen, Tracey R. Sands, Nils Holger Petersen, Kurt Villads Jensen, Tuomas M.S. Lehtonen.
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Kalamazoo :: Medieval Institute Publications,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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Studies in medieval and early modern culture ;; LIV
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xii, 324 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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1580443230
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: 1580443249
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: 9781580443234
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: 9781580443241
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Papers presented at an interdisciplinary conference held in Helsinki in October, 2011, at the Finnish Literature Society.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-310) and index.
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Saints and sainthood around the Baltic Sea : an introduction / Carsten S. Jensen, Tracey R. Sands, Nils Holger Petersen, Kurt V. Jensen, Tuomas M.S. Lehtonen -- The elusive reality of saints : saints, churches, and cults / Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen -- Medieval cults and modern inventions : Dorothy of Montau, the Teutonic Order, and "Katholiken fūr Hitler" / Cordelia Heß -- Finnish saints' traditions and folklore : interpreting St. Anne, St. Katherine of Alexandria, and St. Birgitta of Sweden / Irma-Riitta Järvinen -- Varangian saints and Christlike Varangians in Early Rus' Christianity / John H. Lind -- The cult and visual representation of Scandinavian saints in medieval Livonia / Anu Mänd -- History made sacred : martyrdom and the making of a sanctified beginning in early-thirteenth-century Livonia / Carsten Selch Jensen -- St. Canute Lavard around the Baltic Sea / Nils Holger Petersen -- Saints, guilds, and seals : from exclusivity to competition / Lars Bisgaard -- Saints and political identities in late medieval Lund and Uppsala / Tracey R. Sands -- Saints at war in the Baltic region / Kurt Villads Jensen -- Saints around the Baltic : some remarks, conclusions, and further questions / Felicitas Schmieder.
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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 (more commonly referred to in the Middle Ages as Livonia)."--
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Christian hagiography-- History-- To 1500, Congresses.
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Christian saints-- Cult-- Baltic Sea Region, Congresses.
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Christian saints-- Cult-- Livonia, Congresses.
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Christian saints-- Cult-- Scandinavia, Congresses.
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Church history-- Middle Ages, 600-1500, Congresses.
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Christian hagiography.
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Christian saints-- Cult.
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Church history-- Middle Ages.
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Church history.
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Baltic Sea Region, Church history, Congresses.
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Livonia, Church history, Congresses.
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Europe, Baltic Sea Region.
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Europe, Livonia.
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Scandinavia.
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| Dewey Classification
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235/.20948
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CB351.S83 v. 54
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BX394.S25 2018
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Jensen, Carsten Selch
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Jensen, Kurt Villads
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Lehtonen, Tuomas M. S.
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Petersen, Nils Holger
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Sands, Tracey R.
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Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura,sponsoring body.
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