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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.
Christianity --- Martyrdom --- Christian saints --- Hagiography --- Spiritual life --- History of doctrines --- History --- Magnus, --- Scandinavia --- Church history --- Christianisme --- Martyre --- Saints chrétiens --- Hagiographie --- Vie spirituelle --- History. --- Histoire des doctrines --- Histoire --- Scandinavie --- Histoire religieuse --- Hagiology --- Saints --- Religions --- Canonization --- Death --- Suffering --- Martyrs --- History of doctrines. --- Religious aspects --- Fennoscandia --- Norden --- Nordic countries --- Christianity - Scandinavia --- Martyrdom - Christianity - History of doctrines --- Christian saints - Scotland --- Hagiography - History --- Spiritual life - Christianity - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Magnus comes insularum Orcadum --- Magnus, - Saint, Earl of Orkney, - 1076?-1115? --- Scandinavia - Church history - History - To 1500
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Franciscans --- History --- Scandinavia --- Church history --- 271.3 <48> --- Franciskanen. Minderbroeders--Skandinavië --- 271.3 <48> Franciskanen. Minderbroeders--Skandinavië --- Alcantarines --- Bernardyni --- Cordeliers --- Discalced Friars Minor --- Família Franciscana --- Frades Menores --- Frailes Menores --- Franciscains --- Franciscains mineurs --- Franciscan Discalceati --- Franciscan Order --- Franciscan Reformati --- Franciszkanie --- Frant︠s︡iskanskiĭ orden --- Frant︠s︡iskant︠s︡y --- Frati minori --- Fratres minores --- Frères mineurs --- Friars, Gray --- Friars Minor --- Gråbrøderne --- Gray Friars --- Grey Friars --- Mala braća --- Minderbrüder --- Minoriten --- Minorites --- O.F.M. --- Observants --- OFM --- Ojcowie Franciszkanie --- Ordem dos Frades Menores --- Ordem dos Franciscanos --- Ordem Franciscana --- Orden de Frailes Menores --- Orden de los Frailes Menores --- Orden Franciscana --- Orden sv. Frant︠s︡iska --- Order of Friars Minor --- Ordine dei Frati Minori --- Ordine dei minori --- Ordre des frères franciscains mineurs --- Ordo Fratrum Minorum --- Reformati --- Reformed Franciscans --- Seraphic Order --- Capuchins --- Conventuals --- Franciscan Recollects --- Fennoscandia --- Norden --- Nordic countries --- Scandinavia - Church history - History - To 1500.
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