IMC 2004: Sessions
Session 305: Birgitta of Sweden, III: Interpreting and Using Birgitta
Monday 12 July 2004, 16.30-18.00
Organiser: | Päivi Salmesvuori, Department of Church History, University of Helsinki |
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Moderator/Chair: | Päivi Salmesvuori, Department of Church History, University of Helsinki |
Paper 305-b | National Saints in the Nordic Countries: 20th-Century Ideas on Medieval Saints - A Historiographical Approach (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Political Thought |
Paper 305-c | Birgitta in Biographies: The 20th-Century Image of a Medieval Saint (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Language and Literature - Scandinavian |
Abstract | These three joint sessions are inspired by Birgitta of Sweden, approaching her and her influence from different perspectives. Papers in the first session deal with Birgitta exercising her religious authority in matters concerning women and men and modifying her monastic rule. |