St. Magnús of Orkney : a scandinavian martyr-cult in context
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St. Magnús of Orkney : a scandinavian martyr-cult in context
（The northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 A.D. : peoples, economies and cultures, v. 29）
Brill, 2007
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Thesis (Ph. D. ) -- University of St. Andrews, 2000
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-259) and index
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The focus of this book is on the cult of St Magnus, Earl of Orkney, who was killed in 1116/1117 in an inter-dynastic dispute. More specifically, it looks at the emergence of the Magnus' 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.
Table of Contents
Preface .. vii
Introduction .. 1
Part One: The Hagiographic Context .. 5
1.1. The St Magnus Corpus .. 5
1.2. Robert's Life of St Magnus and its Components .. 14
1.3. Magnus saga lengri and the Cult of St Magnus in Iceland .. 17
1.4. The Narrative Pattern of Princely Martyrdom .. 23
1.5. The Literature on Princely Martyrs and the Periphery .. 30
1.6. Robert's Vita and the Becket Corpus .. 42
Part Two: The Orkney Context .. 69
2.1. The Elevation at Birsay and the Translation to Kirkwall .. 69
2.2. The Earl .. 79
2.3. The Bishop .. 85
2.4. The Translation of Earl Roegnvaldr Kali .. 99
2.5. Concluding Observations .. 101
Part Three: Martyr-Cults of Secular Leaders in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Scandinavia .. 103
3.1. St Olafr Haraldsson of Norway .. 103
3.2. The Cult of St Hallvard .. 121
3.3. The Danish Princely Cults: St Knud of Odense and St Knud Lavard .. 127
3.4. St Erik of Sweden .. 139
3.5. Conclusions .. 144
Part Four: Secular Leaders Associated with Sanctity in the Twelfth-Century Scandinavian Lands .. 147
4.1. Introduction .. 147
4.2. King Olafr Tryggvason of Norway and King Erik emune of Denmark .. 149
4.3. Orkney: Earl Haraldr ungi .. 157
4.4. Denmark: King Knud Magnusson .. 160
4.5. Norway: Two Kings and Two Pretenders .. 164
4.6. Violent Death and Sanctity .. 181
Part Five: The Popular Context .. 193
5.1. The "Pagan Hypothesis" .. 193
5.2. Princely Saints as Heavenly Patrons .. 207
Main Conclusions .. 221
Geneology .. 227
Maps .. 229
Bibliography .. 231
Index .. 261
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