Black Soldier – Patron Saint: St Maurice and the Livonian Merchants

This article discusses the cult and visual representation of St Maurice in late medieval Livonia (i.e. present day Estonia and Latvia), set in the broader context of the Baltic Sea region. The main, but not the only, promoters of his cult were the confraternities of the Black Heads – associations of...

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Main Author: Anu Mänd
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Lund University 2014-04-01
Series:ICO Iconographisk Post
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Online Access:https://journals.lub.lu.se/ico/article/view/25574/22474