Anskar’s Imagined Communities
James N. Palmer
This volume examines the cult of saints and their associated literature in two peripheral regions Christendom that were converted to Christianity around turn first millennium, namely, Scandinavia Eastern Europe. The thirteen authors focus on how cultures sanctity transmitted across role neighbouring Christian countries like England, Germany, Byzantium played process. also ask what extent division between Latin Orthodoxy affected early development peripheries. part book offers for time a comprehensive overview veneration local universal northern Rus’ from c. 1000 1200, with particular emphasis who venerated both regions. second presents examples some hagiographic works produced eastern peripheries borrowed, adapted, transformed — i.e. contextualized literary traditions West Byzantium.
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