<p>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.</p>

Saints and Sainthood around the Baltic Sea: Identity, Literacy, and Communication in the Middle Ages (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture)

History

Jensen, Carsten Selch

Europe

Medieval Institute Publications

<p>"Pilgerreisen waren fur Jahrhunderte fester Bestandteil des religiosen Lebens in Europa. Der Bezug der Pilgerreise zur personlichen Frommigkeit entstammte der alten Verbindung der Pilgerfahrt zur Bue und Suhne, der Dankbarkeit fur gottliche Wohltaten, aber"</p>

Pilgerreisen Im Mittelalter (German Edition)

Harrison, Dick

Liebgott, Niels-Knud

Kraack, Detlev

Harbsmeier, Michael

Krotzl, Christian

World

Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc

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