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Saints and their legacies in medieval Iceland
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Icelanders venerated numerous saints, both indigenous and from overseas, in the Middle Ages. However, although its literary elite was well acquainted with contemporary Continental currents in hagio...
Icelanders venerated numerous saints, both indigenous and from overseas, in the Middle Ages. However, although its literary elite was well acquainted with contemporary Continental currents in hagiographic compositions, theological discussions, and worship practices, much of the history of the learned European networks through which the Icelandic cult of the saints developed and partially survived the Lutheran Reformation remains obscure. The essays collected in this volume address this lacuna by exploring the legacies of the cult of some of the most prominent saints and holy men in medieval Iceland, using evidence drawn from Old Norse-Icelandic and Latin hagiographic literature, homilies, prayers, diplomas, sacred art, place-names, and church dedications.
Details
- Creator
- edited by Dario Bullitta and Kirsten Wolf
- Format
- Books
- Language
- Old Norse
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, 2023
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)
- ISBNs
- 9781800101999, 1800101996, 184384611X
- OCLC
- on1257084797
- Previously issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Front Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Splendor of the Saints -- RANNSǪKUN HEILAGRA BÓKA: THE SEARCH FOR HOLY BOOKS -- 1 - Medieval Icelandic Hagiography: The State of the Art -- 2 - An Old Norse Adaptation of an All Saints Sermon by Maurice de Sully -- Appendix -- 3 - The Tuscan Provenance of Framfǫr Maríu -- Appendix -- HEILAGIR BYSKUPAR: HOLY BISHOPS -- 4 - Latin Oratory at the Edge of the World -- 5 - Three Scenes from Jóns saga helga -- 6 - Between History and Historiography -- 7 - Remembering Saints and Bishops in Medieval Iceland -- HEILAGIR KARLAR OK ENGLAR: HOLY MEN AND ANGELS -- 8 - A Reading of Benedikts saga in Light of the Regula sancti Benedicti -- Appendix -- 9 - The Lore of St Dominic in Medieval Iceland and Norway -- Appendix -- 10 - The Veneration of St Michael in Medieval Iceland -- Appendix -- HEILAGAR MEYJAR: HOLY MAIDENS -- 11 - Katrínarhólar: St Catherine's Hills, Milk, and Mount Sinai -- Appendix -- 12 - St Agnes of Rome in Late Medieval and Early Modern Icelandic Verse -- Bibliography -- Index of Manuscripts -- General Index