Sökning: "saint legends"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden saint legends.

1. 1. “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

3. 2. Den heliga kungen och den saliga änkan : en jämförande studie av två svenska helgonlegender från medeltiden

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Författare :Christian Stenbacke; [2014]
   Nyckelord :saint legends; history; Erik the Holy; Saint Elin; helgonlegender; historia; Erik den helige; Sankta Elin;

   Sammanfattning : Den heliga kungen och den saliga änkan is a comparative study of the saint legend of Erik and the saint legend of Elin as they are represented each saint’s officium. The base for these comparisons is the question of what general similarities, and differences, there are as well as an immerse investigation of how these legends portray halidom and finally how the issue of femininity and manliness are portrayed through these two legends. LÄS MER

4. 3. Images of Kabir : As described by Yadav in Assi and Nagwa, and Julaha in Shivala and Saket Nagar

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten; Karlstads universitet

   Författare :Kristian Niemi; [2008]
   Nyckelord :india; banaras; benares; varanasi; kabir; kabirdas; poet-saints; nirgun; nirguna; julaha; yadav; assi; asi; nagwa; helgonpoet; helgon-poet; indien;

   Sammanfattning : In his own time, the nirguna poet-saint Kabir was a controversial figure. He spoke ill of Islam and Hinduism alike, yet, in the end, both groups claimed him as their own. In this essay, various images of Kabir are discussed. Kabir as he appears in legends; Kabir as he appears in his poems; Kabir as a historical figure. LÄS MER