An analysis of the correspondence and hagiographical works of Philip of Harvengt
An analysis of the correspondence and hagiographical works of Philip of Harvengt By Lynsey E. Robertson PhD Dissertation, University of St Andrews, 2007…
St. Nicholas Churches in Anatolia and Thrace
St. Nicholas Churches in Anatolia and Thrace By Yildiz Ötüken Arkeoloji Dergisi, Vol.1 (1991) Introduction: This paper contains a brief presentation of some…
The Legend of St. George Saving A Youth from Captivity and Its Depiction in Art
The Legend of St. George Saving A Youth from Captivity and Its Depiction in Art By Piotr Grotowski Series Byzantina. I (2003) Introduction:…
The Bruce Dynasty, Becket and Scottish Pilgrimage to Canterbury, c.1178-c.1404
This paper seeks to question the assumption that the outbreak of prolonged Anglo-Scottish war in 1296 brought an abrupt decline in Scottish interest in St Thomas, his shrine at Canterbury and the great abbey dedicated to him in Scotland at Arbroath
Saints and sinners: coins in medieval Italian graves
Why were coins deposited with ordinary people? Why were coins deposited with saints and with other important people? Why were coins not deposited in many or most graves?
Grand Princess Olga: Pagan Vengeance and Sainthood in Kievan Rus
Olga is the only woman for whom we possess significant biographical details in the written sources for the Kievan Rus period of Russian history (860s – 1240).
Gregory the Great as ‘Apostle of the English’ in Post-Conquest Canterbury
This article re-examines the history of a saint’s cult that has been taken as a crucial test case in discussions of Norman attitudes towards Anglo-Saxon culture.
Clare of Montefalco (1268-1308): The life of the soul is the love of God
This dissertation introduces St. Clare of Montefalco, a medieval mystic of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, to the English-speaking world.