TY - BOOK ID - 17142602 TI - St. Magnus of Orkney : a Scandinavian martyr-cult in context PY - 2007 VL - 29 SN - 15691462 SN - 9789004155800 9004155805 9786611917289 1281917281 9047419553 9789047419556 9781281917287 6611917284 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Christianity KW - Martyrdom KW - Christian saints KW - Hagiography KW - Spiritual life KW - History of doctrines KW - History KW - Magnus, KW - Scandinavia KW - Church history KW - Christianisme KW - Martyre KW - Saints chrétiens KW - Hagiographie KW - Vie spirituelle KW - History. KW - Histoire des doctrines KW - Histoire KW - Scandinavie KW - Histoire religieuse KW - Hagiology KW - Saints KW - Religions KW - Canonization KW - Death KW - Suffering KW - Martyrs KW - History of doctrines. KW - Religious aspects KW - Fennoscandia KW - Norden KW - Nordic countries KW - Christianity - Scandinavia KW - Martyrdom - Christianity - History of doctrines KW - Christian saints - Scotland KW - Hagiography - History KW - Spiritual life - Christianity - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500 KW - Magnus comes insularum Orcadum KW - Magnus, - Saint, Earl of Orkney, - 1076?-1115? KW - Scandinavia - Church history - History - To 1500 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17142602 AB - The focus of this book is on the cult of St Magnús, Earl of Orkney, who was killed in 1116/1117 in an inter-dynastic dispute. More specifically, it looks at the emergence of the Magnús’ cult in the twelfth century and the hagiographical corpus that was composed in his honour by Icelandic and English men of letters. These aspects of the Orcadian cult are not, however, examined in isolation but are rather placed within broader Scandinavian and European contexts. Moreover, they provide points of departure for the examination of important topics relating to religious life and literature in early Christian Scandinavia, such as the earliest cults of native saints and the perception of martyrdom. ER -