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Christian hagiography. --- Christianity and politics --- Hagiographie chrétienne --- Christianisme et politique --- Normandy (France) --- Normandie (France) --- Church history. --- Histoire religieuse --- Christian hagiography --- Church history --- 235.3 <44> --- Hagiografie--Frankrijk --- Hagiographie chrétienne --- Christianity --- Church and politics --- Politics and Christianity --- Politics and the church --- Political science --- Hagiography, Christian --- Hagiography --- Political aspects --- Basse-Normandie (France) --- Haute-Normandie (France) --- Christianity and politics - France - Normandy --- Normandie --- Saints --- Taurinus ep. Ebroicensis --- Vigor ep. Baiocensis --- Nicasius ep. Rotomagensis, Quirinus et Scubiculus mm. in pago Vulcassino --- Normandy (France) - Church history

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In 911, the French king ceded land along the river Seine to Rollo the Viking, on condition that he convert to Christianity. Over the next century and a half, Rollo and his descendants would become powerful and pious Christian rulers of the mighty European territory, Normandy. In 1066, Rollo's descendant William would conquer England, with papal sanction. Investigating the role of religious tradition in the legitimation of power and the establishment of identity, Samantha Kahn Herrick illuminates the often murky early history of the duchy of Normandy. Central to this religious heritage stood the region's traditional saints, whose deeds, recorded in Latin lives, were celebrated regularly. Herrick focuses on the neglected figures Taurinus of Evreux, Vigor of Bayeux, and Nicasius of Rouen, saints with particular resonance in areas central to the Norman dukes' territorial ambitions. In elaborating a vision of the past that helped explain the present, the saints' stories sanctioned the dukes' rule. Innovative in its historical use of hagiographical literature, this work advances our understanding of early Normandy and the Vikings' transformation from pagan raiders to Christian princes. It also sheds light on the intersection of religious tradition, identity, and power.

Christian hagiography. --- Christianity and politics --- Normandy (France) --- Church history.