Doing Memory Medieval Saints And Heroes And Their Afterlives In The Baltic Sea Region 19th 20th Centuries

Author : Cordelia Heß,Gustavs Strenga
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783111351193

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Doing Memory: Medieval Saints and Heroes and Their Afterlives in the Baltic Sea Region (19th-20th Centuries) by Cordelia Heß,Gustavs Strenga Pdf

This anthology is about the representations and uses of medieval saints, heroes, and heroic events as elements of popular, local, and national culture during the 19th and 20th centuries in the Baltic Sea region: Scandinavia, Finland, Baltic countries, Northern Germany and North-Western Russia. Authors examine the processes of how medieval saints and heroes have been remembered, commemorated, interpreted, used, and reflected during modernity, and by whom. The focus of the anthology is on "doing" memory as a practice that commemorated the past and shaped spaces and identities in the present. It approaches the memory of saints and heroes, for example, Swedish Saints Birgitta and Eric, Danish Saint Knud, Kyivan Princess Olga, Swedish military leader in Finland Tyrgils Knutsson, Liv/Latvian warrior Imanta and Holsatian count Gerhard III as a shared heritage and as part of national, local and popular culture. The anthology contributes to the understanding of the Baltic Sea region through the study of saints, cults and heroic representations in the longue durée between the Middle Ages and modernity. It also adds nuance to the use of popular concepts of memory studies, particularly an update of Pierre Nora's lieux de mémoire.

Author : Cordelia Heß,Gustavs Strenga
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3111350622

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Doing Memory: Medieval Saints and Heroes and Their Afterlives in the Baltic Sea Region (19th-20th Centuries) by Cordelia Heß,Gustavs Strenga Pdf

This anthology is about the representations and uses of medieval saints, heroes, and heroic events as elements of popular, local, and national culture during the 19th and 20th centuries in the Baltic Sea region: Scandinavia, Finland, Baltic countries, Northern Germany and North-Western Russia. Authors examine the processes of how medieval saints and heroes have been remembered, commemorated, interpreted, used, and reflected during modernity, and by whom. The focus of the anthology is on "doing" memory as a practice that commemorated the past and shaped spaces and identities in the present. It approaches the memory of saints and heroes, for example, Swedish Saints Birgitta and Eric, Danish Saint Knud, Kyivan Princess Olga, Swedish military leader in Finland Tyrgils Knutsson, Liv/Latvian warrior Imanta and Holsatian count Gerhard III as a shared heritage and as part of national, local and popular culture. The anthology contributes to the understanding of the Baltic Sea region through the study of saints, cults and heroic representations in the longue durée between the Middle Ages and modernity. It also adds nuance to the use of popular concepts of memory studies, particularly an update of Pierre Nora's lieux de mémoire.

Author : Cordelia Heß, Gustavs Strenga
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783111351223

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Doing Memory: Medieval Saints and Heroes and Their Afterlives in the Baltic Sea Region (19th–20th centuries) by Cordelia Heß, Gustavs Strenga Pdf

Author : Alan V. Murray
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 075466483X

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The Clash of Cultures on the Medieval Baltic Frontier by Alan V. Murray Pdf

The conversion of the lands on the southern and eastern shores of the Baltic Sea by Germans, Danes and Swedes in the period from 1150 to 1400 represented the last great struggle between Christianity and paganism on the European continent, but for the indigenous peoples of Finland, Livonia, Prussia, Lithuania and Pomerania, it was also a period of wider cultural conflict and transformation. This collection explores the theme of clash of cultures from a variety of perspectives, discussing the nature and ideology of crusading in the medieval Baltic region, the struggle between Catholicism and Orthodoxy, and the cultural confrontation that accompanied the process of conversion.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004512092

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Baltic Crusades and Societal Innovation in Medieval Livonia, 1200-1350 by Anonim Pdf

The societies of the lands around the Baltic Sea underwent remarkable changes in the thirteenth century. This book examines aspects of these religious, economical, societal, and institutional innovations, such as the adaption of the Christianity, emergence of urban life, and the development of economic resources.

Author : Kersti Markus
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004426177

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Visual Culture and Politics in the Baltic Sea Region, 1100-1250 by Kersti Markus Pdf

In Visual Culture and Politics in the Baltic Sea Region, Kersti Markus examines how visual rhetoric was used by the Danish rulers as an instrument in establishing supremacy in the region during the Baltic crusades.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Baltic Sea Region
ISBN : 9197365351

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The Reception of Medieval Europe in the Baltic Sea Region by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marika Mägi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004363816

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In Austrvegr: The Role of the Eastern Baltic in Viking Age Communication across the Baltic Sea by Marika Mägi Pdf

Winner of the Early Slavic Studies Association 2018 Book Prize This volume offers a novel, trans-regional vision of Viking Age (9th-11th century) cultural and political contacts between Scandinavia and the eastern coasts of the Baltic Sea, using predominantly archaeological evidence, combined with historical sources, topography and logistical considerations.

Author : Eric Christiansen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015042015027

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The Northern Crusades by Eric Christiansen Pdf

Author : Christian Oertel
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Christian saints
ISBN : 2503555071

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The Cult of St Erik in Medieval Sweden by Christian Oertel Pdf

In this first comprehensive monograph on St Erik, the author follows the cult of the Swedish royal saint from its obscure beginnings in the twelfth century up to its climax in the time of the Kalmar Union (1397-1523). The focus of the book lies on the interaction of the cult with different groups within medieval Swedish society and these group's attempts to utilize the prestige of the saint to further their political aims. From the middle of the thirteenth century, the cult was particularly connected to the archbishopric of Uppsala and the royal dynasty of Bjalbo. During the fifteenth century the Swedish royal saint symbolized (together with St Olaf of Norway and St Knut of Denmark) the three kingdoms of the Kalmar Union. At the same time, his prestige was successfully employed in the propaganda of King Karl Knutsson (Bonde) and the three Sture-riksforestandare to legitimate their anti-Union politics. In order to gain a broader perspective, the author uses a wide variety of sources. These include a number of texts which contain information about the cult of the saint (legend, miracle collection, offices, sermons, chronicles, charters). In addition, different sorts of depictions showing St Erik on wall paintings, altarpieces, seals, and coins are used in order to give a comprehensive account of the multifaceted veneration of this saint.

Author : Cassandra Mark-Thiesen,Moritz Mihatsch,Michelle Sikes
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110655315

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The Politics of Historical Memory and Commemoration in Africa by Cassandra Mark-Thiesen,Moritz Mihatsch,Michelle Sikes Pdf

Essays in Memory of Jan-Georg Deutsch The volume observes some of the principles that drove Prof. Jan-Georg Deutsch's research: highlighting present-day politics for the way they shape historical remembrance, learning from people on the ground through fieldwork and oral history, and bringing various parts of the African continent into discussion with one another. From Cape Town to Charlottesville, many societies are grappling with historical consciousness and the production of public memory. In particular, how and why societies remember and forget, what should serve as symbols of collective memory, and whether there exists space for multiple memory cultures are questions being vigorously debated once again. These discussions present particular challenges not only to official memory bound to ideological constructions of nationhood but also to the teaching of history and its links to social justice movements. The volume re-centres Africa and African history in memory studies, with each chapter drawing parallels to comparable cases in Africa and the world. An underlying assumption is that what can be learned from the politics of historical memory in Africa will have relevance for contemporary politics globally and for understanding how memories can be mobilised for political ends.

Author : Stephen Owen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 2962 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501501951

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The Poetry of Du Fu by Stephen Owen Pdf

The Complete Poetry of Du Fu presents a complete scholarly translation of Chinese literature alongside the original text in a critical edition. The English translation is more scholarly than vernacular Chinese translations, and it is compelled to address problems that even the best traditional commentaries overlook. The main body of the text is a facing page translation and critical edition of the earliest Song editions and other sources. For convenience the translations are arranged following the sequence in Qiu Zhao’an’s Du shi xiangzhu (although Qiu’s text is not followed). Basic footnotes are included when the translation needs clarification or supplement. Endnotes provide sources, textual notes, and a limited discussion of problem passages. A supplement references commonly used allusions, their sources, and where they can be found in the translation. Scholars know that there is scarcely a Du Fu poem whose interpretation is uncontested. The scholar may use this as a baseline to agree or disagree. Other readers can feel confident that this is a credible reading of the text within the tradition. A reader with a basic understanding of the language of Chinese poetry can use this to facilitate reading Du Fu, which can present problems for even the most learned reader.

Author : Andrea Hülsen-Esch
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110683110

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Cultural Perspectives on Aging by Andrea Hülsen-Esch Pdf

Current demographic developments and change due to long life expectancies, low birth rates, changing family structures, and economic and political crises causing migration and flight are having a significant impact on intergenerational relationships, the social welfare system, the job market and what elderly people (can) expect from their retirement and environment. The socio-political relevance of the categories of ‘age’ and ‘ageing’ have been increasing and gaining much attention within different scholarly fields. However, none of the efforts to identify age-related diseases or the processes of ageing in order to develop suitable strategies for prevention and therapy have had any effect on the fact that attitudes against the elderly are based on patterns that are determined by parameters that or not biological or sociological: age(ing) is also a cultural fact. This book reveals the importance of cultural factors in order to build a framework for analyzing and understanding cultural constructions of ageing, bringing together scholarly discourses from the arts and humanities as well as social, medical and psychological fields of study. The contributions pave the way for new strategies of caring for elderly people.

Author : Monika Albrecht
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781000007824

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Postcolonialism Cross-Examined by Monika Albrecht Pdf

Taking a strikingly interdisciplinary and global approach, Postcolonialism Cross-Examined reflects on the current status of postcolonial studies and attempts to break through traditional boundaries, creating a truly comparative and genuinely global phenomenon. Drawing together the field of mainstream postcolonial studies with post-Soviet postcolonial studies and studies of the late Ottoman Empire, the contributors in this volume question many of the concepts and assumptions we have become accustomed to in postcolonial studies, creating a fresh new version of the field. The volume calls the merits of the field into question, investigating how postcolonial studies may have perpetuated and normalized colonialism as an issue exclusive to Western colonial and imperial powers. The volume is the first to open a dialogue between three different areas of postcolonial scholarship that previously developed independently from one another: • the wide field of postcolonial studies working on European colonialism, • the growing field of post-Soviet postcolonial/post-imperial studies, • the still fledgling field of post-Ottoman postcolonial/post-imperial studies, supported by sideways glances at the multidirectional conditions of interaction in East Africa and the East and West Indies. Postcolonialism Cross-Examined looks at topics such as humanism, nationalism, multiculturalism, nostalgia, and the Anthropocene in order to piece together a new, broader vision for postcolonial studies in the twenty-first century. By including territories other than those covered by the postcolonial mainstream, the book strives to reframe the “postcolonial” as a genuinely global phenomenon and develop multidirectional postcolonial perspectives.

Author : Daniel Syrovy
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110641875

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Discourses on Nations and Identities by Daniel Syrovy Pdf

The third volume of the collected papers of the ICLA congress "The Many Languages of Comparative Literature" includes contributions that focus on the interplay between concepts of nation, national languages, and individual as well as collective identities. Because all literary communication happens within different kinds of power structures - linguistic, economic, political -, it often results in fascinating forms of hybridity. In the first of four thematic chapters, the papers investigate some of the ways in which discourses can establish modes of thinking, or how discourses are in turn controlled by active linguistic interventions, whether in the context of the patriarchy, war, colonialism, or political factions. The second thematic block is predominantly concerned with hybridity as an aspect of modern cultural identity, and the cultural and linguistic dimensions of domestic life and in society at large. Closely related, a third series of papers focuses on writers and texts analysed from the vantage points of exile and exophony, as well as theoretical contributions to issues of terminology and what it means to talk about transcultural phenomena. Finally, a group of papers sheds light on more overtly violent power structures, mechanisms of exclusion, Totalitarianism, torture, and censorship, but also resistance to these forms of oppression. In addition to these chapters, the volume also collects a number of thematically related group sections from the ICLA congress, preserving their original context.