The Cult of Saints and Legitimization of Elite Power in East Central and Northern Europe up to 1300

Preface
1. Saints and Elites on the Periphery: An Introduction. Steffen Hope, Grzegorz Pac, and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
Non-native Saints: Introduction. Steffen Hope, Grzegorz Pac, and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
2. The Authority of the Virgin. The Use of the Marian Cult in the Legitimization of Power in the Kingdom of Hungary before 1300. Karen Stark
3. Aegis of Aegidius — The Cult of St Giles in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Poland. Miłosz Sosnowski
4. The Apostles and Ecclesiastical Elites in Medieval Iceland. A Gregorian Hermeneutic Turn in the Medieval North. Haraldur Hreinsson
5. From St Florian to St Stanislaus. The Legitimization of Ducal and Episcopal Power in Kraków in the Late Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Century. Karolina Morawska
6. From St Olaf to the Relic of the Crown of Thorns. The Legitimization of Royal Power in Thirteenth-Century Norway. Jerzy Pysiak
7. Sanctity in Service. Saints in the Legitimation of the Presence of the Dominicans in Hungary. Eszter Konrád
Native Saints: Introduction. Steffen Hope, Grzegorz Pac, and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
8. The Prague Nunnery and its Patroness, St Ludmila. Legitimization and Mutual Support. Grzegorz Pac
9. Many Lives of One Man. Strategies for Building Legitimacy through the Story of St Wenceslas in Early and High Medieval Hagiography (940s–1260s). David Kalhous
10. The Cult of Saints in Elite Identity Construction in the Peripheries. The Cases of St Cnut of Denmark and St Wenceslas of Bohemia. Kacper Bylinka
11. The Canonization Accounts of St Stephen of Hungary, St Thorlak of Skálholt, and St Cnut of Odense. A Comparative Reading. Haki Antonsson
12. Legitimizing Episcopal Power in Twelfth-Century Denmark through the Cult of Saints. Steffen Hope
13. A Mutually Beneficial Relationship. Saints and the Legitimization of Elite Ecclesiastical Institutions in Sweden and Denmark before 1300. Sara Ellis Nilsson
14. The Liturgical Performance of Saints’ Offices in Medieval Sweden. Multimodal and Performative Event in a Legitimizing Context. Karin Lagergren
15. St Hedwig of Silesia. The First Dynastic Saint of the Piasts and the Legitimization of Power at a Time of Change in the Thirteenth Century. Anna Agnieszka Dryblak
16. The Legitimization of Papal Power through the Cults of Royal Women in Thirteenth-Century East Central Europe. Kirsty Day
17. The Cult of Saints and the Legitimization of Ecclesiastical and Secular Elites on the Periphery: Conclusions. Steffen Hope, Grzegorz Pac, and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
Index