Saints in the Slavic Christian world : assessing power, religion and language in religious literature / edited by Emil Hilton Saggau, Wawrzyniec Kowalski, and Mihai Dragnea.
| Other author | Saggau, Emil Hilton, 1988- editor. |
| Other author | Kowalski, Wawrzyniec, editor. |
| Other author | Dragnea, Mihai, 1988- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Berlin ; New York : Peter Lang, [2025] |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | viii, 289 pages : illustrations, color map ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | South-East European history, South-East European history ; v. 15. |
| Contents | Introduction : assessing Slavic saints / Emil Hilton Saggau, Wawrzyniec Kowalski, Mihai Dragnea -- The legacy of iconophile theology of Vita Constantini / Ljubica Jovanovic -- Conversion of pagan rulers of Lithuania / Yanina Ryier -- Prince Voyshelk as a local saint / Vytas Jankauskas -- St. Parasceve of Epibatae the Younger / Evelina Mineva -- Saint Adalbert And Saints Five Brothers Martyrs / Maria Starnawska -- When sainthood is not enough : biblical legitimisation of dynastic power in Kyivan Rus' / Susana Torres Prieto -- The life of Saint Theodosius of the Cave and the genre tradition / Dariya Syroyid -- Transmission Practices in the Early Hagiography of Rus' before the 16th century / Karine Åkerman Sarkisian -- The Latin mass in Old Church Slavonic / Kristijan Kuhar, Silvio Košćak -- The Waldensian concept of Catholic saints : total rejection or hidden faith / Aliaksandra Valodzina -- The holy kings and the forms of sanctity in the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja / Wawrzyniec Kowalski -- Killing the Tsar, again : power and sainthood amongst the early Slavic ruler saints / Emil Hilton Saggau. |
| Abstract | "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 exist and are 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 among others, 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Saints in the Slavic Christian world New York : Peter Lang, [2025] 9781636677828 |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781636677835 |
| LCCN | 2025006711 |
| ISBN | 9781636677811 |
| ISBN | 1636677819 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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