St. Magnús of Orkney : a Scandinavian martyr-cult in context / by Haki Antonsson.
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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Full Text (via ProQuest) |
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007.
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| Series: | Northern world ;
v. 29. |
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| Summary: | 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 men of letters. These aspects of the Orcadian cult are not, however, examined in isolation but are rather placed within a broader Scandinavian and European context. Moreover, they provide points of departure for the examination of important topics relating to religious life and literature in early Christian Scandinavia, such as the first cults of native saints and the concept of martyrdom. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 269 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047419556 9047419553 1281917281 9781281917287 9786611917289 6611917284 |
| ISSN: | 1569-1462 ; |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |