How the Holy Cross was Found: From Event to Medieval Legend
Författare
Summary, in English
Studies the origin of the Inventio Crucis legend: the historical events behind it as well as its textual sources and antecedents. A literary interpretation of the text is then attempted, showing that the legend is influenced by Jewish traditions and adversus Iudaeos treatises. Finally, the liturgical texts used to celebrate Inventio Crucis in the Middle Ages are surveyed. Three versions of the Latin Inventio Crucis legend are edited in an appendix, two of them for the first time.
Publiceringsår
1991
Språk
Engelska
Dokumenttyp
Doktorsavhandling
Förlag
Almqvist & Wiksell International
Ämne
- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Nyckelord
- hagiography
- Constantine
- Helena Augusta
- liturgy
- adversus Iudaeos
- Eusebius of Caesarea
- Gelasius of Caesarea
- Inventio Crucis
- Cross of Christ
Status
Published
Handledare
- Alf Härdelin
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 91-22-01432-2
Försvarsdatum
21 maj 1991
Försvarstid
10:15
Försvarsplats
Dekansalen, Nathan Söderbloms plan 2, Uppsala
Opponent
- Hugo Montgomery