The Topoi Depicting the Ruler-Saint and the Warrior-Saint in the South-Slavic Literature of the 13th Century

This article discusses one aspect of the depiction of rulers’ sainthood in early Serbian and Old Bulgarian literature: the saints’ martial feats, which are most often displayed as victories over other religions through the power of Christ’s weapon, the Holy Cross. The post mortem miracles attributed...

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Main Author: Radoslava Stankova
Format: Article
Language:Bulgarian
Published: Moscow State University of Education 2013-09-01
Series:Slovene
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Online Access:http://slovene.ru/ojs/index.php/slovene/article/view/40
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description This article discusses one aspect of the depiction of rulers’ sainthood in early Serbian and Old Bulgarian literature: the saints’ martial feats, which are most often displayed as victories over other religions through the power of Christ’s weapon, the Holy Cross. The post mortem miracles attributed to these ruler-saints create the image of the warrior saint descending to Earth to aid in battle.
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spelling doaj.art-6492fdcc86b846b1b22d2981066a10712022-12-21T21:51:54ZbulMoscow State University of EducationSlovene2304-07852305-67542013-09-012112314037The Topoi Depicting the Ruler-Saint and the Warrior-Saint in the South-Slavic Literature of the 13th CenturyRadoslava Stankova0Институт за литература, БАН, СофияThis article discusses one aspect of the depiction of rulers’ sainthood in early Serbian and Old Bulgarian literature: the saints’ martial feats, which are most often displayed as victories over other religions through the power of Christ’s weapon, the Holy Cross. The post mortem miracles attributed to these ruler-saints create the image of the warrior saint descending to Earth to aid in battle.http://slovene.ru/ojs/index.php/slovene/article/view/40святой правительсвятой воинсв. Борис Болгарскийсв. Симеон Сербскийтопосыпобедоносная битваявление свышекрестное знамениекрестное оружиесимволика венца
spellingShingle Radoslava Stankova
The Topoi Depicting the Ruler-Saint and the Warrior-Saint in the South-Slavic Literature of the 13th Century
Slovene
святой правитель
святой воин
св. Борис Болгарский
св. Симеон Сербский
топосы
победоносная битва
явление свыше
крестное знамение
крестное оружие
символика венца
title The Topoi Depicting the Ruler-Saint and the Warrior-Saint in the South-Slavic Literature of the 13th Century
title_full The Topoi Depicting the Ruler-Saint and the Warrior-Saint in the South-Slavic Literature of the 13th Century
title_fullStr The Topoi Depicting the Ruler-Saint and the Warrior-Saint in the South-Slavic Literature of the 13th Century
title_full_unstemmed The Topoi Depicting the Ruler-Saint and the Warrior-Saint in the South-Slavic Literature of the 13th Century
title_short The Topoi Depicting the Ruler-Saint and the Warrior-Saint in the South-Slavic Literature of the 13th Century
title_sort topoi depicting the ruler saint and the warrior saint in the south slavic literature of the 13th century
topic святой правитель
святой воин
св. Борис Болгарский
св. Симеон Сербский
топосы
победоносная битва
явление свыше
крестное знамение
крестное оружие
символика венца
url http://slovene.ru/ojs/index.php/slovene/article/view/40
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