Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
ST. RADEGUND AND ST. OLAV: MEDIEVAL CULTS OF RULERS IN THE SYSTEM OF PERCEPTIONS OF AUTHORITY
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2016
Языкрусский
  • Bikeeva Natalya Yurevna, author
  • Mokropolova Anastasiya Dmitrievna, postgraduate kfu
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Bikeeva N., Mokropolova A. St. Radegund and st. Olav: medieval cults of rulers in the system of perceptions of authority // The Turkish Online Journal of Design, Art and Communication - TOJDAC November 2016 Special Edition – 2391-2396 (Web of Science)
    Annotation The Turkish Online Journal of Design, Art and Communication
    Keywords The cults of the saints rulers occupy a special place among the medieval cults. They were linked with the objectives of the political ideology and the sacralization of power. The connection between kingship and sainthood was common in Europe at the period VI-XI cc. In the research we focused our analysis on two medieval saints ? Radegund, Frankish queen-nun, and Olav II, king of Norway. We used two types of sources, which reflect category of sainthood from different approaches: hagiographic (Vitae sanctae Radegundis) and literary (Saga of st. Olav). The analysis of these sources identifies the existence of two ideological traits: one, and more dominant, is tied up with the system of Christian religious conceptions, the other reflects both Christian and traditional Viking?s observances. The image of a holy woman reproduced the traditional model of holiness and reflected more negative assessment of secular authority by the church consciousness. At the same time the Lives of st. Radegund
    The name of the journal The Turkish Online Journal of Design, Art and Communication
    URL http://www.tojdac.org/tojdac/VOLUME6-NOVSPCL_files/tojdac_v060NVSE134.pdf
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