Remembering St Brictius: Conspiracy, Violence and Liturgical Time in the Danish Massacre of 1002
Benjamin Savill
This article builds upon recent scholarship on the role of church ‘reform’ and cult saints in English royal politics around turn second millennium, arguing that infamous ‘St Brice's Day massacre’ 13 November 1002 may have been planned for date part because associations Brice/Brictius. After outlining this hypothesis, explores broader implications emergence a universal martyrological calendar historical writing political action, exercise communication violence particular.
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History