The making of Christian myths in the periphery of Latin christendom (c. 1000-1300) /

The making of Christian myths in the periphery of Latin christendom (c. 1000-1300) /

'Mythology' is usually reserved for non-Christian religions. However, the adoption of Christianity in Northern and East-Central Europe between c. 1000 and 1300 can be adequately described a a myth-making process: local saints were added to the Christian pantheon in all regions entering Lat...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund, Fiske Icelandic Collection
Other Authors: Mortensen, Lars Boje
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press, 2006
Copenhagen [Denmark] : Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 2006
Copenhagen : 2006
Subjects:
1000-1300
600-1500
Geschichte 1000-1300
Middle Ages, 600-1500
To 1500
Christian hagiography > History > To 1500
Christian hagiography > Europe > History > To 1500
Mythology, European > History > To 1500
Religious thought > Middle Ages, 600-1500
Christian hagiography
Church history
Historiography
History
Local history
Mythology, European
Religious thought
Religious thought > Middle Ages
Europe > Church history > 600-1500
Europe > Historiography > To 1500
Europe > History, Local > To 1500
Europe
Table of Contents:
  • Constructing the past : religious dimensions and historical consciousness in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum / Hans-Werner Goetz
  • Pilgrims, missionaries and martyrs : the holy in Bede, Orkneyinga saga and Knytlinga saga / Carl Phelpstead
  • The function of the saints in early Bohemian historical writing / Marie Blahova
  • The beginnings of local hagiography in Iceland : the lives of Bishops Thorlakr and Jon / Asdis Egilsdottir
  • The friend of the meek : the late medieval miracles of a twelfth-century Icelandic saint / Armann Jakobsson
  • God and the saints in medieval Polish historiography / Norbert Kersken
  • In the presence of the dead : Saint Canute the Duke in Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum / Karsten Friis-Jensen
  • Royal saints in Hungarian chronicles, legends and liturgy / Laszlo Veszpremy
  • Sanctified beginnings and mythopoietic moments : the first wave of writing on the past in Norway, Denmark, and Hungary, c. 1000-1230 / Lars Boje Mortensen
  • Divine election for nations - a difficult rhetoric for medieval scholars? / Mary Garrison
  • Constructing religious pasts : summary reflections / Hakan Rydving
  • Reflections on historiography and the holy : center and periphery / Patrick Geary
  • Constructing the past : religious dimensions and historical consciousness in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum / Hans-Werner Goetz
  • Pilgrims, missionaries and martyrs : the holy in Bede, Orkneyinga saga, and Knýtlinga saga / Carl Phelpstead
  • The function of the saints in early Bohemian historical writing / Marie Bláhová
  • The beginnings of local hagiography in Iceland : the lives of Bishops Þorlákr and Jón / Ásdis Egilsdóttir
  • The friend of the meek : the late medieval miracles of a twelfth-century Icelandic saint / Ármann Jakobsson
  • God and the saints in medieval Polish historiography / Norbert Kersken
  • In the presence of the dead : Saint Canute the Duke in Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta danorum / Karsten Friis
  • Royal saints in Hungarian chronicles, legends and liturgy / Lázló Veszprémy Sanctified beginnings and mythopoietic moments : the first wave of writing on the past in Norway, Denmark, and Hungary, c. 1000-1230 / Lars Boje Mortensen
  • Divine elections for nations : a difficult rhetoric for medieval scholars? / Mary Garrison
  • Constructing religious pasts : summary reflections / Håkan Rydving
  • Reflections on historiography and the holy: center and periphery / Patrick Geary
  • Constructing the past : religious dimensions and historical consciousness in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum / Hans-Werner Goetz
  • Pilgrims, missionaries and martyrs : the holy in Bede, Orkneyinga saga, and Knýtlinga saga / Carl Phelpstead
  • The function of the saints in early Bohemian historical writing / Marie Bláhová
  • The beginnings of local hagiography in Iceland : the lives of Bishops Þorlákr and Jón / Ásdis Egilsdóttir
  • The friend of the meek : the late medieval miracles of a twelfth-century Icelandic saint / Ármann Jakobsson
  • God and the saints in medieval Polish historiography / Norbert Kersken
  • In the presence of the dead : Saint Canute the Duke in Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta danorum / Karsten Friis
  • Royal saints in Hungarian chronicles, legends and liturgy / Lázló Veszprémy
  • Sanctified beginnings and mythopoietic moments : the first wave of writing on the past in Norway, Denmark, and Hungary, c. 1000-1230 / Lars Boje Mortensen
  • Divine elections for nations : a difficult rhetoric for medieval scholars? / Mary Garrison
  • Constructing religious pasts : summary reflections / Håkan Rydving
  • Reflections on historiography and the holy: center and periphery / Patrick Geary
  • Constructing the past : religious dimensions and historical consciousness in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum / Hans-Werner Goetz
  • Pilgrims, missionaries and martyrs : the holy in Bede, Orkneyinga saga, and Knýtlinga saga / Carl Phelpstead
  • The function of the saints in early Bohemian historical writing / Marie Bláhová
  • The beginnings of local hagiography in Iceland : the lives of Bishops Þorlákr and Jón / Ásdis Egilsdóttir
  • The friend of the meek : the late medieval miracles of a twelfth-century Icelandic saint / Ármann Jakobsson
  • God and the saints in medieval Polish historiography / Norbert Kersken
  • In the presence of the dead : Saint Canute the Duke in Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta danorum / Karsten Friis
  • Royal saints in Hungarian chronicles, legends and liturgy / Lázló Veszprémy Sanctified beginnings and mythopoietic moments : the first wave of writing on the past in Norway, Denmark, and Hungary, c. 1000-1230 / Lars Boje Mortensen
  • Divine elections for nations : a difficult rhetoric for medieval scholars? / Mary Garrison
  • Constructing religious pasts : summary reflections / Håkan Rydving
  • Reflections on historiography and the holy: center and periphery / Patrick Geary
  • Constructing the past: religious dimensions and historical consciousness in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum / Hans-Werner Goetz
  • Pilgrims, missionaries and martyrs: the holy in Bede, Orkneyinga saga, and Knýtlinga saga / Carl Phelpstead
  • The function of the saints in early Bohemian historical writing / Marie Bláhová
  • The beginnings of local hagiography in Iceland: the lives of Bishops Þorlákr and Jón / Ásdis Egilsdóttir
  • The friend of the meek: the late medieval miracles of a twelfth-century Icelandic saint / Ármann Jakobsson
  • God and the saints in medieval Polish historiography / Norbert Kersken
  • In the presence of the dead: Saint Canute the Duke in Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum / Karsten Friis
  • Royal saints in Hungarian chronicles, legends and liturgy / Lázló Veszprémy
  • Sanctified beginnings and mythopoietic moments: the first wave of writing on the past in Norway, Denmark, and Hungary, c. 1000-1230 / Lars Boje Mortensen
  • Divine elections for nations: a difficult rhetoric for medieval scholars? / Mary Garrison
  • Constructing religious pasts: summary reflections / Håkan Rydving
  • Reflections on historiography and the holy: center and periphery / Patrick Geary
  • Constructing the past: religious dimensions and historical consciousness in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum / Hans-Werner Goetz
  • Pilgrims, missionaries and martyrs: the holy in Bede, Orkneyinga saga, and Knýtlinga saga / Carl Phelpstead
  • The function of the saints in early Bohemian historical writing / Marie Bláhová
  • The beginnings of local hagiography in Iceland: the lives of Bishops Þorlákr and Jón / Ásdis Egilsdóttir
  • The friend of the meek: the late medieval miracles of a twelfth-century Icelandic saint / Ármann Jakobsson
  • God and the saints in medieval Polish historiography / Norbert Kersken
  • In the presence of the dead: Saint Canute the Duke in Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta danorum / Karsten Friis
  • Royal saints in Hungarian chronicles, legends and liturgy / Lázló Veszprémy Sanctified beginnings and mythopoietic moments: the first wave of writing on the past in Norway, Denmark, and Hungary, c. 1000-1230 / Lars Boje Mortensen
  • Divine elections for nations: a difficult rhetoric for medieval scholars? / Mary Garrison
  • Constructing religious pasts: summary reflections / Håkan Rydving
  • Reflections on historiography and the holy: center and periphery / Patrick Geary
  • Constructing the past: religious dimensions and historical consciousness in Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum / Hans-Werner Goetz
  • Pilgrims, missionaries and martyrs: the holy in Bede, Orkneyinga saga, and Knýtlinga saga / Carl Phelpstead
  • The function of the saints in early Bohemian historical writing / Marie Bláhová
  • The beginnings of local hagiography in Iceland: the lives of Bishops Þorlákr and Jón / Ásdis Egilsdóttir
  • The friend of the meek: the late medieval miracles of a twelfth-century Icelandic saint / Ármann Jakobsson
  • God and the saints in medieval Polish historiography / Norbert Kersken
  • In the presence of the dead: Saint Canute the Duke in Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta danorum / Karsten Friis
  • Royal saints in Hungarian chronicles, legends and liturgy / Lázló Veszprémy Sanctified beginnings and mythopoietic moments: the first wave of writing on the past in Norway, Denmark, and Hungary, c. 1000-1230 / Lars Boje Mortensen
  • Divine elections for nations: a difficult rhetoric for medieval scholars? / Mary Garrison
  • Constructing religious pasts: summary reflections / Håkan Rydving
  • Reflections on historiography and the holy: center and periphery / Patrick Geary

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