Of Chronicles and Kings
National Saints and the Emergence of Nation States in the High Middle Ages
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Of Chronicles and Kings
National Saints and the Emergence of Nation States in the High Middle Ages
This volume collects the proceedings of a symposium on the manuscript Kiel, University Library S. H. 8 A. 80, which contains the earliest copy of the so-called “Roskilde Chronicle” as well as the complete monastic Offices and Masses of the Danish saint Knud Lavard. Thirteen scholars offer a variety of analyses of the manuscript, including studies of the crusades and crusaders in the liturgy, kingship and sanctity in the lives of British and Scandinavian saints, and the writing of patriotic history.
366 pages | 15 halftones | 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 | © 2015
Danish Humanist Texts and Studies
History: European History
Music: General Music
Table of Contents
Foreword
The Difficulty of Composing Patriotic History in the Twelfth Century: An Essay on Essays
Eric Christiansen
“Only through time time is conquered”: Liturgy, History and the Timeless Aspirations of the Temporal
Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn
Creating a Crusader Saint: Canute Lavard and Others of that Ilk
Kurt Villads Jensen
Kanute, cuius est Dacia? Knud Lavard, dux danorum: Murdered or Martyred?
John Bergsagel
The Significance of 25 June, 1170
Thomas Riis
Knes Kanutus: Knud Lavard’s Political Project
John H. Lind
The Image of St Knud Lavard in his Liturgical Offices and its Historical Impact
Nils Holger Petersen
Kingship and Santicity in the Historia in Honour of St Canutus Rex
Roman Hankeln
Martyr preciose, miles Christi: St Erik in Chant and Legend
Ann-Marie Nilsson
The Liturgical Commemoration of Thomas of Canterbury in Scandinavia: The First Thirty Years, 1173-1203
John Toy
Gens Laudum titulis concrepet Anglica: The Proper Office for St Oswin, King of Deira
David Hiley
Life, Legend and Liturgy: The Case of St Mildred
John Caldwell
“Last Man Standing”: St David of Menevia
Owain Tudor Edwards
Abstracts
Notes on Contributors
Appendix: Programme of the Symposium’s Closing Concert
The Difficulty of Composing Patriotic History in the Twelfth Century: An Essay on Essays
Eric Christiansen
“Only through time time is conquered”: Liturgy, History and the Timeless Aspirations of the Temporal
Sigbjørn Olsen Sønnesyn
Creating a Crusader Saint: Canute Lavard and Others of that Ilk
Kurt Villads Jensen
Kanute, cuius est Dacia? Knud Lavard, dux danorum: Murdered or Martyred?
John Bergsagel
The Significance of 25 June, 1170
Thomas Riis
Knes Kanutus: Knud Lavard’s Political Project
John H. Lind
The Image of St Knud Lavard in his Liturgical Offices and its Historical Impact
Nils Holger Petersen
Kingship and Santicity in the Historia in Honour of St Canutus Rex
Roman Hankeln
Martyr preciose, miles Christi: St Erik in Chant and Legend
Ann-Marie Nilsson
The Liturgical Commemoration of Thomas of Canterbury in Scandinavia: The First Thirty Years, 1173-1203
John Toy
Gens Laudum titulis concrepet Anglica: The Proper Office for St Oswin, King of Deira
David Hiley
Life, Legend and Liturgy: The Case of St Mildred
John Caldwell
“Last Man Standing”: St David of Menevia
Owain Tudor Edwards
Abstracts
Notes on Contributors
Appendix: Programme of the Symposium’s Closing Concert