The Cult of St Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins

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The cult of St Ursula and the 11,000 virgins was one of the most popular and relic-rich of all saints’ cults in the medieval period. This volume constitutes the first interdisciplinary collection of essays in English to explore the development and transmission of the legend of St Ursula in detail, considering a wealth of different sources including physical remains, literary texts, artistic representations and medieval music.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Sainthood
• Philosophie et théologie
• Christianity
• Saints

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 juin 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783168682
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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THE CULT OF ST URSULA AND THE 11,000 VIRGINS

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IN mEmORY OF mY huSbàNd JOhN HàYdN ThOmàS HughES 1967–2014

THE CULT OF ST URSULA AND THE 11,000 VIRGINS

Edited by Jane Cartwright

UnIversITy of Wales Press 2016

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Whàt’S iN à nàmE? nàVigàtiNg nOmENcLàtuRE iN thE CuLt OF St Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins Scott B. Montgomery

The Church of St Ursula in Cologne: Inscriptions and excàVàtiONS Klaus Militzer

St Ursula and the Military Religious Orders Helen Nicholson

From St Pinnosa to St Ursula – The Development of the Cult of Cologne’s Virgins in Medieval Liturgical Oïces Kristin Hoefener

Hildegard (1098–1179) and the Virgin Martyrs of Cologne William Flynn

URSuLà iN thE BRitiSh HiStORY TRàditiON Elizabeth J. Bryan

Saint Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins: the Middle eNgLiShLegendaaureaTRàditiON William Marx

The Middle Welsh Life of St Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins Jane Cartwright

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The Cult of St Ursula in Hungary: Legend, Altars and rELiquàRiES Anna Tüskés

10 St Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins in Scandinavia and Iceland in the Middle Ages Margaret Cormack

11 Radiant Maidens and Butchered Brides: Finding St Ursula iN IcELàNdic litERàtuRE Katelin Parsons

12 Male Martyrs, Female Models? St Ursula and St Acacius as lEàdERS àNd victimS Samantha Riches

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

any thanks to all who attended and took part in the international M conference on ‘St Ursula and the 11,000 virgins’ in Carmarthen in July 2013. I would particularly like to thank the Hildegard Singers who kindly travelled from the USA to Wales to perform some of the bEàutiFuL mEdiEVàL SONgS VENERàtiNg URSuLà thàt àRE diScuSSEd iN thiS VOLumE. ThàNkS àLSO tO àLL OF mY StudENtS (àNd FORmER StudENtS) ON thE MA in Celtic Studies who have enthusiastically participated in vari- OuS diScuSSiONS ON WELSh àNd iNtERNàtiONàL SàiNtS. I àm gRàtEFuL tO thE schOOL OF WELSh àNd BiLiNguàL studiES àNd thE fàcuLtY OF educàtiON àNd Training at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Christine Jones, Gwilym Dyfri Jones, Siân Wyn Siencyn and Mike Phillips for supporting thE cONFERENcE àNd ENcOuRàgiNg mE tO Edit thE VOLumE. ThàNkS tO sàRàh Lewis, Helgard Krause, Siân Chapman, Dafydd Jones, the anonymous reader and the sta at the University of Wales Press for guiding the book through the press. I am particularly grateful to Marion Löer for translating Klaus Militzer’s chapter from German into English. I would also like to thank Daniel Huws, Magdalena Ӧhrman, Anthony Lappin, Tristan Gray Hulse, Cinzia Sertorio, Rory Geoghegan, Ben Guy, John Morgan-Guy and my colleagues on the AHRC-funded ‘The Cult of Saints in Wales’ project at the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Ann Parry Owen, Alaw Mai Edwards, Jenny Day, Barry Lewis, David Parsons, Eurig Salisbury and Dafydd Johnston for their support. fiNàLLY I wOuLd LikE tO thàNk àLL OF thE cONtRibutORS withOut whOm thiS volume would not have been possible.

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LIST OF FIGURES

Clematius inscription, south wall of choir, church of the Eleven Thousand Virgins Cologne, Germany, photographer Scott B. Montgomery Plan of the church of the Eleven Thousand Virgins, Cologne, taken from Paul Clemen (ed.), Die Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Köln. Im Auftrage des Provinzialverbandes der Rheinprovinz und der Stadt Köln (Düsseldorf: L. Schwann, 1934), p. 26 Shrine of SS Ursula, Etherius and Hippolytus taken from Paul Clemen (ed.),Die Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Köln. Im Auftrage des Provinzialverbandes der Rheinprovinz und der Stadt Köln(Düsseldorf: L. Schwann, 1934), p. 49

Beginning of the Oïce of the 11,000 virgins,Letis canamus(Magniîcat antiphon, 1st Vespers), MS Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibl. Clm 9921, fol. 54r,c.1167 (REFERREd to as source O in Chapter 4) Fresco of St Ursula from Torna/Turna nad Bodvou (Slovakia), photographer József Lángi Altar of St Anne from Kisszeben/Sabinov (Slovakia), c.1465, Hungarian National Gallery, photographer Anna Tüskés St Martin High-Altar from Szepeshely/Spišské Pohradie (Slovakia), 1470–78, photographer Gyula Czimbal St Mary Magdalene Altar from Berki (today Slovakia), 1480–90, Hungarian National Gallery, photographer Anna Tüskés Veneration of St Ursula in the North (Chapter 10, p. 226); map by Eric Ross Drinking horn, National Museum of Iceland nr. 5206, by permission, photographer Ívar Brynjólfsson Martyrdom of St Acacius woodcut by Dürerc.1497, by permission of the Warburg Photographic Collection