Symbolic Identity and the Cultural Memory of Saints
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Symbolic Identity and the Cultural Memory of Saints. / Petersen, Nils Holger (Editor); Mänd, Anu (Editor); Salvadó, Sebastián (Editor); Sands, Tracey R. (Editor).
Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018. 314 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research
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TY - BOOK
T1 - Symbolic Identity and the Cultural Memory of Saints
A2 - Petersen, Nils Holger
A2 - Mänd, Anu
A2 - Salvadó, Sebastián
A2 - Sands, Tracey R.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This interdisciplinary volume examines the relationship between medieval cults of saints and regional and national identity formation in Europe both during and, to some extent, beyond, the Middle Ages. It studies how collective identities have been expressed through saints’ cults and their appropriations in texts, visual representations, and music. Attention is further given to various aspects of the role of medieval saints’ cults in European identity formation, as saints were used in the service of both religious and political agendas. Focusing on a range of European regions, the volume uses cults of medieval saints and their religious, cultural and political appropriations over time as a vehicle for studying changing cultural and social values.The articles here report research carried out under the European Science Foundation's collaborative EuroCORECODE project Symbols that Bind and Break Communities: Saints' Cults as Stimuli and Expressions of Local, Regional, National and Universalist Identities (2010-2013/14), an international, interdisciplinary research venture funded by the National Research Councils of five countries: Austria, Denmark, estonia, Hungary, and Norway.
AB - This interdisciplinary volume examines the relationship between medieval cults of saints and regional and national identity formation in Europe both during and, to some extent, beyond, the Middle Ages. It studies how collective identities have been expressed through saints’ cults and their appropriations in texts, visual representations, and music. Attention is further given to various aspects of the role of medieval saints’ cults in European identity formation, as saints were used in the service of both religious and political agendas. Focusing on a range of European regions, the volume uses cults of medieval saints and their religious, cultural and political appropriations over time as a vehicle for studying changing cultural and social values.The articles here report research carried out under the European Science Foundation's collaborative EuroCORECODE project Symbols that Bind and Break Communities: Saints' Cults as Stimuli and Expressions of Local, Regional, National and Universalist Identities (2010-2013/14), an international, interdisciplinary research venture funded by the National Research Councils of five countries: Austria, Denmark, estonia, Hungary, and Norway.
KW - Faculty of Theology
KW - saints' cults
KW - church history
KW - reception history
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - cultural memory
KW - cultural identity
KW - art history
KW - reception history
KW - saints' offices
M3 - Anthology
SN - 978-1-5275-1092-0
BT - Symbolic Identity and the Cultural Memory of Saints
PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
CY - Newcastle upon Tyne
ER -
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