Sökning: "the golden legend"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden the golden legend.

  1. 1. Helgonet med ett hundhuvud,en symbol-analys av Sankt Kristoffer : En djupdykning i meningen med forntida monster i ett kristet sammanhang

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Författare :Alexander Nesi; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Saint Christopher; dogheaded; cynocephali symbolism; christianity; orthodox; saint; old testament; bible; esotericism; symbolic analysis; armenia; synaxarion; the golden legend; Sankt Kristoffer; hundhuvud; cynocephalus; symbolik; kristendom; ortodox; helgon; gamla testamentet; bibeln; esoterisk; symbolanalys; armenien; synaxarion; den gyllene legenden;

    Sammanfattning : This essay studies the historical phenomenon of dog-headed men (cynocephaly) andSaint Christopher who is in eastern-orthodox iconography depicted as a dog headedman. The study argues that a symbolic and phenomenological perspective is preferredto understand mythical figures with “unnatural” depictions. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Den Gyllene Legenden om Britannien : En italiensk munks syn på brittisk och irländsk historia

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Författare :Fredrik Nilsson; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Saints; Holidays; Hagiography; Medieval; Helgon; Högtider; Hagiografi; Medeltid;

    Sammanfattning : This essay is about the works of Jacobus de Voragine, a genoan munk during the thirteenth century namely Legenda Aurea, or The Golden Legend. This essay aims to compare his works to contemporary material as well as modern academic texts. LÄS MER

  4. 3. “She said she was called Theodore” : -        A modality analysis of five transcendental saints in the 1260’s Legenda Aurea and 1430’s Gilte Legende

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Författare :Emmy Atterving; [2017]
    Nyckelord :saint; saints; transvestites; transvestism; transvestite; saint marina; marina; marinus; saint eugenia; eugenia; eugene; saint theodora; theodora; theodore; saint margaret; margaret pelagius; margaret; margaret pelagia; pelagius; pelagia; saint pelagia; jacopo de fazio; jacobus de voragine; jacopo da varazze; compiler; dominican; Golden legend; legenda aurea; legenda sanctorum; gilte legende; confessor; martyr; virgin; hagiographies; hagiography; biography; England; Middle English sweden; monastery; monk; abbot; social experimentation; space; feminisation of language; jesus as mother; saint bridget of sweden; saint mary; holy virgin; saint catherine of siena; le roman de silences; silence; caroline walker bynum; sanctity; transcendence; homi bhabha; post-colonial; postcolonial; loomba; hybridity; hybridity theory; gender; gender fluidity; crossdressing; cross-dressing; transgender; laqueur; linguistics; modality; nuyts; medieval; late medieval; late middle ages; middle ages; late medieval period;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores modalities in two hagiographical collections from the late Middle Ages; the Legenda Aurea and the Gilte Legende by drawing inspiration from post-colonial hybridity theories.. LÄS MER