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Title:

Saints and their legacies in medieval Iceland / edited by Dario Bullitta and Kirsten Wolf.

Publisher:

D.S. Brewer,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xvi, 382 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Old Norse literature--History and criticism.
Saints in literature.
Iceland--History--History--To 1500.
Iceland--Church history.
Sagas--History and criticism.
Sagas.
Religion.
Old Norse literature.
Saints in literature.
Iceland.
To 1500
History.
Church history.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Other Authors:

Bullitta, Dario, editor.
Wolf, Kirsten, 1959- editor.
Fiske Icelandic Collection. NIC

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-362) and indexes.

Contents:

Introduction: The splendor of the saints / Dario Bullitta -- Part I: Rannsqkun Heilagra Boka: The search for holy books -- Medieval Icelandic hagiography: The state of the art / Kirsten Wolf -- An old Norse adaption of an All Saints sermon by Maurice de Sully / Stephen Pelle -- The Tuscan provenance of Framfor Mariu / Dario Bullitta -- Part II: Heilagir Byskupar: Holy bishops -- Latin oratory at the edge of the world: The fragments of Gizurr Hallsson’s *Gesta Scalotensis ecclesie presulem and the *Vita sancti Thorlaci / Gottskalk Jensson -- Three scenes from Jons saga helga: A typological mode of thought in early Icelandic hagiography / Haki Antonsson -- Larentiuss saga byskups: Between history and historiography / Fulvio Ferrari -- Remembering saints and bishops in medieval Iceland / Asdis Egilsdottir -- Part III: Heilagir Karlar Ok Englar: Holy men and angels -- Pat voro lavg munka: A reading of Benedikts saga in light of the Regula sancti Benedicti / Mauro Camiz -- The lore of St Dominic in medieval Iceland and Norway / Simonetta Battista -- The veneration of St Michael in medieval Iceland / Margaret Cormack -- Part IV: Heilagar Meyjar: Holy maidens -- Katrinarholar: St Catherine’s hills, milk, and Mount Sinai / Helgi Porlaksson -- St Agnes of Rome in late medieval and early modern Icelandic verse / Natalie M. Van Deusen.

Summary:

Icelanders venerated numerous saints, both indigenous and from overseas, in the Middle Ages. However, although its literary elite was well acquainted with contemporary Continental currents in hagiographic compositions, theological discussions, and worship practices, much of the history of the learned European networks through which the Icelandic cult of the saints developed and partially survived the Lutheran Reformation remains obscure. The essays collected in this volume address this lacuna by exploring the legacies of the cult of some of the most prominent saints and holy men in medieval Iceland (the Virgin Mary along with SS Agnes of Rome, Benedict of Nursia, Catherine of Alexandria, Dominic of Caleruega, Michael the Archangel, Jon of Holar, ©orlakr of Skalholt, Larentius of Holar, and Gu©ʻmundr the Good), using evidence drawn from Old Norse-Icelandic and Latin hagiographic literature, homilies, prayers, diplomas, sacred art, place-names, and church dedications. By placing the medieval Icelandic cult of the saints within its wider European context, the contributions trace new historical routes of cultural transmission and define the creative processes of the accommodation and adaptation of foreign hagiographic sources and models in medieval and early modern Iceland. They provide a clear picture of an Icelandic hagiographic literature and culture that celebrates the splendour of the saints; they also show how an engaging literary genre, which became immensely popular on the island throughout the Middle Ages and beyond, was created.

Series:

Studies in Old Norse literature ; 9

ISBN:

9781843846116
184384611X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1232071461

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)