The Cult of Saints and the Virgin Mary in Medieval Scotland

A new investigation of the saints' cults which flourished in medieval Scotland, fruitfully combining archaeological, historical, and literary perspectives.

Sommario

Introduction
The Big Man, the Footsteps, and the Fissile Saint: paradigms and problems in studies of insular saints' cults - Thomas O Clancy
St Munnu in Ireland and Scotland: an exploration of his cult - Rachel Butter
The struggle for sanctity: St Waltheof of Melrose, Cistercian in-house cults and canonisation procedure at the turn of the thirteenth century - Helen Birkett
Royal and aristocratic attitudes to saints in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Scotland - Matthew Hammond
A saintly sinner? The 'martyrdom' of David, duke of Rothesay - Steven Boardman
Wo/men only? Marian devotion in medieval Perth - Mark A. Hall
Is eagal liom lá na hagra: Devotion to the Virgin in the later medieval Gàidhealtachd - Sim Innes
Scottish Saints' Legends in the Aberdeen Breviary - Alan MacQuarrie
Mothers and their sons: Mary and Jesus in Scotland, 1450-1560 - Audrey-Beth Fitch
The 'McRoberts Thesis' and patterns of sanctity in late medieval Scotland - David Ditchburn

Info autore

Steve Boardman, Eila Williamson

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Steve Boardman
• Con la collaborazione di: Steve Boardman (Editore), Steven Boardman (Editore), Eila Williamson (Editore)
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.06.2017
• EAN: 9781783272464
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-246-4
• Pagine: 226
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
• Peso: 363 g
• Serie: Studies in Celtic History
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Medioevo