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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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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