Author : Carsten Selch Jensen
Release : 2018-04-15
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 249/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Saints and Sainthood around the Baltic Sea by : Carsten Selch Jensen
Download or read book Saints and Sainthood around the Baltic Sea written by Carsten Selch Jensen. This book was released on 2018-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 (Livonia). Essays explore such topics as the introduction of foreign (and "old") saints into new regions, the creation of new local cults of saints in newly Christianized regions, the role of the cult of saints in the creation of political and lay identities, and the potential role of saints in times of war.