Hagiografía y método prosopográfico. A propósito de las Acta Martyrum by G. Bravo

“… The object of this paper has been to set limits to the traditional relation between the hagiography and prosopographical method. Here the used documents are the so-called ACTA MARTYRUM, which naturally contain some doubtful facts such as names of persons and cities, dates, etc. …”
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Banners of the Northern Saints, 600-1500 by Sharpe, R

“…The role of the banners of St Cuthbert and St John in battles against the Scots can be traced in detail, and its background can be followed through the hagiography of St John of Beverley.</p>…”

Elisha and The Miraculous Jug of Oil (2 Kgs 4:1-7) by Yael Shemesh

“…In this essay I approach the story of Elisha and the miraculous jar of oil (2 Kgs 4:1-7) through a close reading and attention to its literary genre – hagiography. The widow’s attitude toward Elisha, the miracle that Elisha performs for her, the contrast built up between Elisha and Elijah, and the parallels between Elisha and the Lord all emphasize what makes Elisha a unique figure in the Bible. …”
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«Espacios de memoria: el relato hagiográfico en textos y en imágenes. (A propósito de las "Tablaas de san Millán"» by Fernando Gutiérrez Baños

“…Gonzalo de Berceo. Hagiography. Gothic painting.…”
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St Sava and the cloud-chasers by Loma Aleksandar

“…Its acceptance by the hagiography was probably due to the influence of the figure of prince magician as common to the Serbian and the Russian oral epics.…”
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Discourses of Incorruptibility: Of Blood, Smell and Skin in Portuguese India by Pamila Gupta

“…That these autopsy reports discursively lie between Catholic hagiography and Western medicine makes them compelling for understanding the changing anatomy of church and state relations in Portuguese India.…”
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HADQAT AL-‘ARIFIN» AND ITS MANUSCRIPTS by Туякбaев О.О., Мевлут Е.

“…This article provides  a  brief  overview  of  the  manuscripts  of  this  work,  preserved  in  foreign funds. Key words: Hagiography, Sufism, Yasawi, Manuscript, Codicology, Chagatai language. …”
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Big Data and Peacebuilding by Sanjana Hattotuwa

“…From centuries old communal hagiography to the reams of official texts, media coverage and social media updates, peace negotiations generate data. …”
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Hermann Oldenberg and the Historical Imperative: Writing a Biography of Gautama Buddha from Nineteenth-Century Germany by Roberto Eduardo García Fernández

“…This article discusses how Oldenberg’s work represented an effort to reconstruct a hagiography through the lens of a modern rational society that demanded consistency with respect to religious events, imposing a holistic perspective to a heterogeneous material which in itself is fragmented, and thus contributing to the “construction” of the life of Gautama Buddha as a coherent whole.…”
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Oneiric Authentication of a Miraculous Shrine. Case Study from a Dobruja Monastery, Romania by Laura Jiga Iliescu

“…The strategy includes a corpus of legends that associate the origin of the cross with the local martyrdom past, its miraculous finding, and a modern hagiography whose main character is a thaumaturgic monk. …”
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Misremembering Reagan: A Decade of Cultural Dissent by William M. Knoblauch

“… Presidential legacies are constructed, and for the Republican Party perhaps no figure has benefitted from mythology, hagiography, and misremembrances than Ronald Wilson Reagan. …”
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The Life of Christopher by Joshua Mugler

“…Yūḥannā, a Byzantine bureaucrat and translator who grew up in Antioch and knew Christopher when he, Ibrāhīm, was a young boy. The hagiography was originally composed in Greek and translated by its author into Arabic, but only the Arabic survives. …”
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NOTES ON FLAVIUS AETIUS, “THE LAST OF THE ROMANS”: A REPRESENTATION IN HISTORIOGRAPHY by Dr. Mehmet Yilmazata

“…With the sources often being compiled either by pagan bureaucrats or by clergymen, this paper aims to establish the tendency in which the events ascribed to Aetius are presented in the twilight of theological hagiography, hero-worshipping panegyrics and political interests. …”
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The Canonization of St Francis Xavier in Spanish Habsburg Lands: A Poetry Challenge in Madrid, Sacristy Paintings by André Reinoso in Lisbon and an Altarpiece by Pieter Pawel Ruben... by Jean Andrews

“…Pageants in Madrid, Lisbon and Antwerp are examined, along with prior pictorial depictions of Francis’ miracles and activities, taking into account the gulf between the political realities of proselytization in the Portuguese territories of influence in the East and the hagiography of 1622. The work of Rubens, the Portuguese painter André Reinoso and three Spanish Golden Age poet/playwrights are analyzed, exploring variance in the application of a universal Jesuit aesthetic founded on the melding of the Classical and the Catholic in response to the local conditions for which each ephemeral event and work of art were produced.…”
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Tears for Fears: Alienation and Authority in the World of Benedict of Aniane by Frances Murray, Rutger Kramer

“…In this article, we will take a closer look at the role played by the depiction of weeping and tears in the story of the conversion of Benedict of Aniane. According to his hagiography, Benedict, seen as one of the most important intellectuals at the Carolingian court in the late eighth and early ninth century, started his career as a secular aristocrat before undergoing an inner conversion and subsequently pursuing a monastic lifestyle. …”
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Humans as Animals, Animals as Humans in Seventeenth-Century Russia by Charles J Halperin, Ann M Kleimola

“…In several witchcraft cases supposedly-bewitched humans were described as speaking like animals. Muscovite hagiography and miracle stories also portrayed the demon-possessed as speaking and acting like animals. …”
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The de Bunsen Committee and a revision of the ‘conspiracy’ of Sykes–Picot by Johnson, R

“…The gentleman then went on to extol the virtues of strong leadership, comparing Trump to the Egyptian nationalist leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser, but, after an hour of hagiography, he condemned only one thing: Nasser’s apparent unwillingness to tear up the Sykes–Picot Agreement. …”

The Concept of “Miracle in a Fiery Furnace” in Byzantium and Its Later Reminiscences by Alexandr Romensky

“…Analysis. In Byzantine hagiography and hymnography, the plot of the “Three Holy Children” was interpreted as a prototype of the Incarnation, so, the sacred situation was reproduced in new historical conditions. …”
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La revue : un lieu de contestation ? by Wolf Feuerhahn, Olivier Orain

“…The consequence of this is that their approach of their objects is clearly disciplinary and often instrumental, which is expressed through a vast array of – often genealogical – tools, from hagiography to the symbolic annihilation of an author or a concept. …”
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One story for two places: a comparative study on the making of Christian landscapes by Marco V. García Quintela

“…In both places, the hagiography of Santa Marina of Antioch in Pisidia (Anatolia), usually known in Europe as Margaret, was adopted as the hagiographic account of two local martyrs, Sainte-Reine and Santa Mariña, who were extensively worshipped for centuries and still receive cult. …”
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