{"product_id":"sanctity-in-the-north-saints-lives-and-cults-in-medieval-scandinavia-paperback-softback-9780802094100","title":"Sanctity in the North; Saints, Lives, and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia (Paperback \/ softback) 9780802094100","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSanctity in the North\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSaints, Lives, and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas DuBois (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780802094100\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 February 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages, 11 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 2.8 cm, 0.6 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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 complement the translations and reflect the contributors' own disciplinary groundings in folklore, philology, medieval, and religious studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681772106008,"sku":"9780802094100","price":25.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sanctity-in-the-north-saints-lives-and-cults-in-medieval-scandinavia-paperback-softback-9780802094100","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}