{"product_id":"sanctity-in-the-north-9780802094100","title":"Sanctity in the North","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith original translations of primary texts and articles by leading researchers in the field, \u003cem\u003eSanctity in the North\u003c\/em\u003e gives an introduction to the literary production associated with the cult of the saints in medieval Scandinavia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than five hundred years, Nordic clerics and laity venerated a host of saints through liturgical celebrations, written manuscripts, visual arts, and oral traditions.  Textual evidence of this widespread and important aspect of medieval spirituality abounds. Written biographies (or \u003cem\u003evitae\u003c\/em\u003e), compendia of witnessed miracles, mass propers, homilies, sagas and chronicles, dramatic scripts, hymns, and ballads are among the region's surviving medieval manuscripts and early published books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSanctity in the North\u003c\/em\u003e features English translations of texts from Latin or vernacular Nordic languages, in many cases for the first time. The accompanying essays concerning the texts, saints, cults, and history of the period complemen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The book is rich and well written. One of its main merits is that is explores an understudied topic deserving of more attention inside as well as outside the field of Scandinavian Studies.' -- Federico Zuliani Canadian Journal of History: vol 45: Autumn 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Introduction  THOMAS A. DUBOIS  Part I. Missionary Saints    St Ansgar: His Swedish Mission and Its Larger Context     SCOTT A. MELLOR   Sts Sunniva and Henrik: Scandinavian Martyr Saints in Their Hagiographic    and National Contexts     THOMAS A. DUBOIS  Part II. Royal Saints    St Olaf and the Skalds      JOHN LINDOW   Sacred Non-Violence, Cowardice Profaned: St Magnus of Orkney     in Nordic Hagiography and Historiography      MARIA-CLAUDIA TOMANY   St Knud Lavard: A Saint for Denmark     THOMAS A. DUBOIS AND NIELS INGWERSEN   The Cult of St Eric, King and Martyr, in Medieval Sweden     TRACEY R. SANDSPart III. Holy Bishops and Nuns   Pride and Politics in Late-Twelfth-Century Iceland: The Sanctity     of Bishop Torlakr Torhallsson     KIRSTEN WOLF   St Katarina in Her Own Light      THOMAS A. DUBOIS  Part IV. Saints' Lives in Lived Context    Hendreks saga og Kunegundis: Marital Consent in the Legend of Henry     and Cunegund     MARIANNE E. KALINKE   Better Off Dead: Approaches to Medieval Miracles     MARGARET CORMACK Bibliography Contributors Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405229957463,"sku":"9780802094100","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780802094100.jpg?v=1730489204","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sanctity-in-the-north-9780802094100","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}