Scandinavian Saints in Middle Low German Disguise: Transregional Perspectives on a Late Medieval Printed Hagiographic Collection 'Der Heiligen Leben'.
In 1492, a Lübeckian printer Stephan Arndes released an updated edition of a popular late medieval hagiographic collection Der Heiligen Leben in Middle Low German. From a few dozens of newly added legends, nine of them are about saints who were venerated only in Northern Germany and Scandinavia – or...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Journal of History Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 1 - 26 |
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Feb2025
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