Saints' Cults in the Celtic World

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84383-845-6
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 240 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 372 g

Reihe: Studies in Celtic History

Saints' cults flourished in the medieval world, and the phenomenon is examined here in a series of 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 sixth to the sixteenth centuries, is the subject of this book. In a series of case studies, the contributions 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, andthe 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. Althoughthe 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).

Contributors: James E. Fraser, Thomas Owen Clancy, Fiona Edmonds, John Reuben Davies, Karen Jankulak, Sally Crumplin, Joanna Huntington, Steve Boardman, Eila Williamson, Jonathan Wooding

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williamson, Eila

Boardman, Steven

Davies, John Reuben

Weitere Mitwirkende

Williamson, Eila

Edmonds, Fiona

Fraser, James E.

Huntington, Joanna

Davies, John Reuben

Wooding, Jonathan M

Jankulak, Karen

Crumplin, Sally

Boardman, Steven

Clancy, Thomas O

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Kult, Riten, Feiertage, Zeremonien, Gebete
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Alteuropäische Religionen: Kelten, Germanen, Slawen, Balten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editors' Preface
Rochester, Hexham and Cennrígmonaid: the movements of St Andrew in Britain, 604-707 - James E. Fraser
The cults of Saints Patrick and Palladius in early medieval Scotland - Thomas O Clancy
Names and the cult of Patrick in eleventh-century Strathclyde and Northumbria - Fiona Edmonds
Bishop Kentigern among the Britons - John Reuben Davies
Adjacent saints' dedications and early Celtic History - Karen Jankulak
Cuthbert the cross-border saint in the twelfth century - Sally Crumplin
David of Scotland: Virum tam necessarium mundo - Joanna Huntington
The cult of St George in Scotland - Steven Boardman
The cult of the Three Kings of Cologne in Scotland - Eila Williamson
The medieval and early modern cult of St Brendan - Jonathan M Wooding

Über Autor(innen)

Boardman, Steven
Steve Boardman is Professor in Medieval Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh. He has written monographs on the Early Stewart kings and the history of the Clan Campbell, edited several books, and published articles on various aspects of the political and cultural life of late medieval Scotland.

Boardman, Steven
Steve Boardman is Professor in Medieval Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh. He has written monographs on the Early Stewart kings and the history of the Clan Campbell, edited several books, and published articles on various aspects of the political and cultural life of late medieval Scotland.

Edmonds, Fiona
Dr FIONA EDMONDS is Professor of History and Director of the Regional Heritage Centre at Lancaster University.

Contributors: James E. Fraser, Thomas Owen Clancy, Fiona Edmonds, John Reuben Davies, Karen Jankulak, Sally Crumplin, Joanna Huntington, Steve Boardman, Eila Williamson, Jonathan Wooding