Saints in the Slavic Christian World
This landmark edited collection offers a new series of studies of power, religion and language in the literature of the Slavic Christian world. The focus is on how saints became symbols of power during conversion and the process of transition to Christianity. Studies of locally venerated saints prov...
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| description | This landmark edited collection offers a new series of studies of power, religion and language in the literature of the Slavic Christian world. The focus is on how saints became symbols of power during conversion and the process of transition to Christianity. Studies of locally venerated saints provide a road into early Slavic societies because saints and their cults existed and were sustained for a wide variety of reasons. Rulers and church-leaders alike needed symbols and narratives to maintain and expand their power, and hagiographies allow us to study how this power was brokered, shared and grasped by elites. Collectively, the authors in this volume pursue the idea that saints are an outward expression of Christianity becoming embedded and localized in the newly Christianized societies of East and Central Europe. The period covered here stretches from the Macedonian dynasty in Eastern Rome (c. 800) to the rise of Muscovite rule in Russia (c. 1600). The main focus is on the Slavic religious traditions but, as this volume demonstrates, Greek and Baltic traditions were also significant. This book will be essential reading for researchers and students interested in the religious and cultural history of Eastern Europe, the cult of saints, and the rise of Christendom. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1708702026-01-11T05:12:53Z Saints in the Slavic Christian World Hilton Saggau, Emil Bjorn Dragnea, Mihai Kowalski, Wawrzyniec Assessing Balkans Bjorn Christian Conversion Dragnea East Central Europe Emil Hagiographies Hilton Kowalski Language Literature Middle Ages Mihai Orthodoxy Paganism Pagans Power Religion Religious Religious literature Saggau Saints Slavic Slavic History Slavonic world Wawrzyniec thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVP Religious life and practice This landmark edited collection offers a new series of studies of power, religion and language in the literature of the Slavic Christian world. The focus is on how saints became symbols of power during conversion and the process of transition to Christianity. Studies of locally venerated saints provide a road into early Slavic societies because saints and their cults existed and were sustained for a wide variety of reasons. Rulers and church-leaders alike needed symbols and narratives to maintain and expand their power, and hagiographies allow us to study how this power was brokered, shared and grasped by elites. Collectively, the authors in this volume pursue the idea that saints are an outward expression of Christianity becoming embedded and localized in the newly Christianized societies of East and Central Europe. The period covered here stretches from the Macedonian dynasty in Eastern Rome (c. 800) to the rise of Muscovite rule in Russia (c. 1600). The main focus is on the Slavic religious traditions but, as this volume demonstrates, Greek and Baltic traditions were also significant. This book will be essential reading for researchers and students interested in the religious and cultural history of Eastern Europe, the cult of saints, and the rise of Christendom. 2026-01-11T05:12:52Z 2026-01-11T05:12:52Z 2026-01-09T10:01:23Z 2025 book ONIX_20260109T105817_9781636677828_13 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/109694 9781636677828 9781636677835 9781636677811 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/170870 eng South-East European History open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/109694/1/9781636677828.pdf Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/b21476 10.3726/b21476 44a712f0-ee17-4c08-a667-46effed595e7 9781636677828 9781636677835 9781636677811 300 Bern open access |
| spellingShingle | Assessing Balkans Bjorn Christian Conversion Dragnea East Central Europe Emil Hagiographies Hilton Kowalski Language Literature Middle Ages Mihai Orthodoxy Paganism Pagans Power Religion Religious Religious literature Saggau Saints Slavic Slavic History Slavonic world Wawrzyniec thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVP Religious life and practice Saints in the Slavic Christian World |
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| topic | Assessing Balkans Bjorn Christian Conversion Dragnea East Central Europe Emil Hagiographies Hilton Kowalski Language Literature Middle Ages Mihai Orthodoxy Paganism Pagans Power Religion Religious Religious literature Saggau Saints Slavic Slavic History Slavonic world Wawrzyniec thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVP Religious life and practice |
| topic_facet | Assessing Balkans Bjorn Christian Conversion Dragnea East Central Europe Emil Hagiographies Hilton Kowalski Language Literature Middle Ages Mihai Orthodoxy Paganism Pagans Power Religion Religious Religious literature Saggau Saints Slavic Slavic History Slavonic world Wawrzyniec thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVP Religious life and practice |
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