Beschreibung:
Saints' cults flourished in the medieval world, and the phenomenon is examined here in a series of studies.
Editors' PrefaceRochester, Hexham and Cennrígmonaid: the movements of St Andrew in Britain, 604-707 - James E. FraserThe cults of Saints Patrick and Palladius in early medieval Scotland - Thomas O ClancyNames and the cult of Patrick in eleventh-century Strathclyde and Northumbria - Fiona EdmondsBishop Kentigern among the Britons - John Reuben DaviesAdjacent saints' dedications and early Celtic History - Karen JankulakCuthbert the cross-border saint in the twelfth century - Sally CrumplinDavid of Scotland: Virum tam necessarium mundo - Joanna HuntingtonThe cult of St George in Scotland - Steven BoardmanThe cult of the Three Kings of Cologne in Scotland - Eila WilliamsonThe medieval and early modern cult of St Brendan - Jonathan M Wooding