The images of St. Radegund in the sources of the Merovingian epoch: Letters, lives, history, and poetry by N.Yu. Bikeeva

“…It was shown in the paper that the significance and characteristics of various types of evidence – narrative, hagiographic, epistolary, and poetic – for the study of the biography and acts of St. …”
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The Cults of Holy Rulers in the Early Medieval Europe: The Interaction between Religious and Political Aspects by N.Yu. Bikeeva, A.D. Mokropolova

“…Two types of sources, which reflect the category of sainthood from different approaches, have been considered: hagiographic (Vitae) and literary (Saga). The analysis of these sources has demonstrated the existence of two ideological traits: one, more dominant, is tied up with the system of Christian religious conceptions, the latter one reflects both Christian and traditional Viking’s observances. …”
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