Ora Pro Nobis

This
volume contains sixteen articles by international experts from different
disciplines touching on various aspects on medieval and early modern
cults of saints from different corners of Europe, with a special focus
on Scandinavian saints and their artistic receptions up to modern times.
The saints represented different aspects of a Christian world-view
forming the basis of communal identities, still present in
post-Reformation Europe. Notions of cultural memory underpin
several of the studies in the volume. Moreover, the reader will also
find articles concerning the function of saints’ cults, in particular
how the material culture of these cults was perceived and experienced by
the medieval beholder.
The book includes a recording of music from the
Middle Ages up to modern times focusing on saints and the notion of
sanctity.