The Presentation of the Tatars and the Turks in the Legends Related to Miraculous Images/Icons of Our Lady in the 17-18th Centuries in the Eastern Territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The paper investigates how Christians of different denominations in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth described the Tatars and the Turks in the legends related to the miraculous image/icons of Virgin Mary. It includes both the use of topoi of Tatars devastating the icons during Tatar incursions in...

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Main Author: Volha Barysenka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2022-03-01
Series:Eikón Imago
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Online Access:https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/EIKO/article/view/77629