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The Cult of Saints and Legitimization of Elite Power in East Central and Northern Europe Up to 1300

The Cult of Saints and Legitimization of Elite Power in East Central and Northern Europe Up to 1300

Pac, Grzegorz
Hope, Steffen
Sigurdsson, Jon Vidar

Hardcover

Series: Comparative Perspectives on Medieval History, Book 2

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Christianity

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ISBN10: 2503611087
ISBN13: 9782503611082
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: Jun 6 2024
Pages: 472
Weight: 2.53
Language: English
While Northern and East Central Europe are often considered to have been peripheral parts of medieval Latin Christendom, they nevertheless embraced many of the same cultural impulses found in more central areas. Key among these was the way in which social elites, in the first centuries after the introduction of Christianity, recognized the potential to exploit the cult of saints as a way of legitimizing their own social standing. Taking this thematic focus as its starting point, this volume explores the intersection of religion, power, and the reception and development of new impulses from abroad within Northern and East Central Europe. It does so by comparing and contrasting cults that emerged locally with cults that were imported to the region. Through this comparative overview, the chapters of this volume not only contribute to a more nuanced understanding of these outlying regions, but also shed new light on Latin Christian Europe as a whole.

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