IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 204: Hagiography and Cult of the Martyrs, I: Martyrs and Kingship
Monday 7 July 2008, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Centre de recherches historiques, Université de Paris VIII - Vincennes-Saint-Denis |
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Organiser: | Anne-Marie Helvétius, amhelvetius@univ-paris8.fr |
Moderator/Chair: | Maximilian Diesenberger, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien |
Paper 204-a | The Propagation of the Cult of St Maurice (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Religious Life |
Paper 204-b | St Denis of Paris: Origins of the Cult (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Religious Life |
Paper 204-c | St Adalbert: Troublesome Bishop as a Founder of the East European Kingdoms (Language: English) Index terms: Hagiography, Political Thought, Religious Life |
Abstract | As far as comparative hagiography is concerned, few studies have dealt with martyrs. Nonetheless, martyrs remain an hagiographic topic shared by different cultural times and areas and the success of the martyr's cult was foremost during the whole medieval period. |