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Saints' Cults in the Celtic World

By Steve Boardman

Saints' Cults in the Celtic World Philosophy

Saints' Cults in the Celtic World

By Steve Boardman

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The volume examines, through a series of case studies, the way in which saints' cults operated across and beyond political, ethnic and linguistic boundaries in the medieval British Isles and Ireland from the 6th to the 16th centuries. The papers highlight the factors that allowed particular cults to prosper in, or that made them relevant to, a variety of cultural contexts. The collection has a particular emphasis on northern Britain, and the role of devotional interests in connecting or shaping a number of polities and cultural identities [Pictish, Scottish, Northumbrian, Irish, Welsh and English] in a world of fluid political and territorial boundaries. Although the bulk of the studies are concerned with the significance of cults in the insular context, many of the articles also touch on the development of pan-European devotions [such as the cults of St Brendan, The Three Kings or St George].
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
236
Release Date:
2009-02-19
Publication Date:
2009-02-19
Publisher:
Boydell Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1843834324
ISBN13:
9781843834328
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
523 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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