St. Magnús of Orkney : a Scandinavian martyr-cult in context /

St. Magnús of Orkney : a Scandinavian martyr-cult in context / by Haki Antonsson.

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The focus of this book is on the cult of St Magns, Earl of Orkney, who was killed in 1117 in an inter-dynastic dispute. More specifically, it looks at the emergence of the Magns' cult in the twelfth century and the hagiographical corpus which was composed in his honour by Icelandic and English...

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Main Author: Antonsson, Haki
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Series:Northern world ; v. 29.
Subjects:
Magnus, > Saint, Earl of Orkney, > 1076?-1115?
Christianity > Scandinavia.
Martyrdom > Christianity > History of doctrines.
Christian saints > Scotland.
Hagiography > History.
Spiritual life > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Christian saints.
Christianity.
Hagiography.
Spiritual life > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages.
Scandinavia > Church history > To 1500.
Scandinavia.
Scotland.
Academic theses.
Church history.
History.

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