Oaks, Wolves and Love: Celtic Monks and Northern Forests
Oaks, Wolves and Love: Celtic Monks and Northern Forests Powen Bratton, Susan Journal of Forest History, V.33:1 (1989) Abstract In 1967 Lynn White,…
Holy Heretics in Later Medieval Italy
Holy Heretics in Later Medieval Italy By Janine Larmon Peterson Past and Present, Vol. 204:1 (2009) Introduction: The appeal of martyrs is grounded in…
The True Patron of Ireland: Saint Brigit and the Rise of Celtic Christianity
The True Patron of Ireland: Saint Brigit and the Rise of Celtic Christianity By Autumn Dolan Honor’s Thesis, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga…
There is no Hero Without a Dragon: A Revisionist Interpretation of The Myth of St. George and the Dragon
Because of the obvious symbolism of evil vanquished by a noble hero, many Christian dragon slayers were dignified with sainthood and acquired a dragon emblem as their popular attribute.
“The kingdom of the English is of God”: the effects of the Norman conquest on the cult of the saints in England
“The kingdom of the English is of God”: the effects of the Norman conquest on the cult of the saints in England By…
Saints and the Demoniacs: Exorcistic Rites in Medieval Europe (11th – 13th Century)
Exorcising the demoniac played a significant role among the remedial procedures of a saint.
The Hem of Whose Garment? Intertextual Allusion in Osbern of Canterbury’s Miracles of St. Dunstan
The Hem of Whose Garment? Intertextual Allusion in Osbern of Canterbury’s Miracles of St. Dunstan Vaughan, Sandy Marginalia, Vol. 1 (2005) Abstract Osbern…
The Construction of Episcopal Identity: The Meaning and Function of Episcopal Depictions within Latin Saints’ Lives of the Long Twelfth Century
The Construction of Episcopal Identity: The Meaning and Function of Episcopal Depictions within Latin Saints’ Lives of the Long Twelfth Century By Matthew…
Saint Christopher Wall Paintings in English and Welsh Churches, c.1250-c.1500
This thesis is a comprehensive reassessment of the role of Saint Christopher wall paintings in English (and Welsh) churches.
Romanos the Melodist and the Christian self in early Byzantium
Romanos the Melodist and the Christian self in early Byzantium By Derek Krueger Paper given at the 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies (2006)…
Monstrous Conversions: Recovering the Sacramental Bodies of The Passion of St. Christopher
This article examines the monstrous attributes of the dog-headed St. Christopher and his struggle to convert the pagan king Dagnus in the Old English Passion of St. Christopher.
The Cult of St. Ólafr in the Eleventh Century and Kievan Rus’
The Cult of St. Ólafr in the Eleventh Century and Kievan Rus’ By Haki Antonsson Middelalderforum, Vol.1:2 (2003) Introduction: The sources relating to…
Early medieval hagiography as a source for the history of ideas: attitudes to dreams as an example
Early medieval hagiography as a source for the history of ideas: attitudes to dreams as an example Keskiaho, Jesse (University of Helsinki) MIRATOR 1…
Margery Kempe: Madwoman or Mystic – A Narrative Approach to the Representation of Madness and Mysticism in Medieval England
In this paper, I want to examine this contested boundary by discussing my analysis of a medieval woman’s experience of both madness and mysticism.
The festival of Brigit the Holy Woman
The festival of Brigit the Holy Woman By Séamas Ó Catháin Celtica Vol. 23 (1999) Introduction: In her monumental The Festival of Lughnasa,…
THE LIFE OF ST RUADÁN AND THE CURSING OF TARA
THE LIFE OF ST RUADÁN AND THE CURSING OF TARA Szacillo, Judyta (Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland) Quest, Issue 6, Spring (2009)…
Music in Honor of the Virgin Mary during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
The purpose of this study was, first, to explore the basic elements of Marian devotion, and, second, to examine how veneration of Mary was expressed musically.
ST EDMUND OF EAST ANGLIA AND HIS MIRACLES THROUGH THE CENTURIES: VARIATIONS IN LITERATURE AND ART.
ST EDMUND OF EAST ANGLIA AND HIS MIRACLES THROUGH THE CENTURIES: VARIATIONS IN LITERATURE AND ART Fornasini, Ilaria (University of Verona, Italy) Quest, Issue…
TRANSLATION ACCOUNTS AND REPRESENTATIONS OF POPULAR BELIEF IN THE HAGIOGRAPHY OF THE COMMUNITY OF ST FILIBERT
TRANSLATION ACCOUNTS AND REPRESENTATIONS OF POPULAR BELIEF IN THE HAGIOGRAPHY OF THE COMMUNITY OF ST FILIBERT Harding, Christian (University of St Andrews, Scotland)…
New developments in hagiography: the rediscovery of Byzantine hagiography
New developments in hagiography: the rediscovery of Byzantine hagiography By Stephanos Efthymiadis Paper given at 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies (2006) Introduction:…
Virginity and Chastity for Women in Late Antiquity, Anglo-Saxon England, and Late Medieval England: On the Continuity of Ideas
This essay explores the continuity of ideas regarding virginity and chastity from Late Antiquity through late Medieval times in England
Violence Against Women in Medieval Martyr Legends
Violence Against Women in Medieval Martyr Legends By María Beatriz Hernández Pérez Paper given at the 8th Global Conference: Violence and the Contexts…
“I am the Creator”: Birgitta of Sweden’s Feminine Divine
“I am the Creator”: Birgitta of Sweden’s Feminine Divine Bruce, Yvonne Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 32(1) (2001) Abstract Critical…
The cult of St Nicholas in medieval Italy
The cult of St Nicholas in medieval Italy By Sarah Burnett PhD Dissertation, University of Warwick, 2009 Abstract: St Nicholas was one of…
Constructing the past in eleventh-century Flanders: Hagiography at Saint-Winnoc
Constructing the past in eleventh-century Flanders: Hagiography at Saint-Winnoc By David J. Defries PhD Dissertation, Ohio State University, 2004 Abstract: At the heart…