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"In the popular imagination, saints exhibit the best characteristics of humanity, universally recognizable but condensed and embodied in an individual. Recent scholarship has asked an array of questions concerning the historical and social contexts of sainthood and opened new ap…
"In popular imagination, saints exhibit the best characteristics of humanity, universally recognizable but condensed and embodied in an individual. Recent scholarship has asked an array of questions concerning the historical and social contexts of sainthood, and opened new appro…
"Illness and Authority examines the lived experience and early stories about St. Francis of Assisi through the lens of disability studies. This new approach re-centres Francis's illnesses and infirmities and highlights how they became barriers to wielding traditional modes of ma…
"In 1986, to mark the 900th anniversary of the murder of King Cnut IV in the Church of Saint Alban in Odense, the 'Book of Cnut' (Knuds-bogen) was published. The volume...shed light on different aspects of the life and cult of Cnut as king and saint. Since then, archaeological e…
Presents brief accounts of the lives and accomplishments of more than 50 Christian saints, accompanied by a special prayer for each saint. Presents brief accounts of the lifes and accomplishments of more that 50 Christian saints accompanied by a special prayer for each saint.
