The cult of St Erik in Medieval Sweden
Subtitle: veneration of a royal saint, twelfth-sixteenth centuries
By: by Christian Oertel
Series: Acta Scandinavica. Aberdeen studies in the Scandinavian world -- volume 5; Acta Scandinavica -- v. 5.
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Turnhout, Belgium
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9782503555072; 9782503564746
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Christian saints; Cult; History; Heiligenverehrung; Verehrung
Other titles: Cult of Saint Erik in Medieval Sweden
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-380) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations; title: Foreword; title: Abbreviations; title: Chapter 1. Religion, politics, and the Cult of Saints; title: Chapter 2. The Sources; title: Chapter 3. Royal Saints and the Shift of Faith; title: Chapter 4. The Early Cult (1160-c. 1250); title: Chapter 5. The First Wave of Cult Intensification (c. 1250-1319); title: Chapter 6. Times of Stagnation versus the Rule of Magnus Eriksson (1319-89); title: Chapter 7. St Erik and th Kalmar Union (1389-1520); title: Chapter 8. St Erik among the Canon of Saints; title: Conclusion; title: Zusammenfassung.