List of Figures vii
Preface xi
Part I: Introduction and Methodological Questions
Saints and Sainthood around the Baltic Sea — An Introduction / Carsten S. Jensen, Tracey R. Sands, Nils Holger Petersen, Kurt V. Jensen, and Tuomas M. S. Lehtonen 3
The Elusive Quality of Saints: Saints, Churches, and Cults / Martin Wangsgaard J?rgensen 13
Medieval Cults and Modern Inventions: Dorothy of Montau, the Teutonic Order, and "Katholiken f?r Hitler" / Cordelia He?
Finnish Saints' Traditions and Folklore: Interpreting St. Anne, St. Katherine of Alexandria, and St. Birgitta of Sweden / Irma-Riitta J?rvinen 53
Part II: The Cult of Saints in Medieval Russia and Livonia
Varangian Saints and Christlike Varangians in Early Rus' Christianity / John H. Lind 79
The Cult and Visual Representation of Scandinavian Saints in Medieval Livonia / Anu M?nd 101
History Made Sacred: Martyrdom and the Making of a Sanctified Beginning in Early-Thirteenth-Century Livonia / Carsten Selch Jensen 145
Part III: Saints' Cults and the Creation of Regional and National Identities
St. Canute Lavard around the Baltic Sea / Nils Holger Petersen 175
Saints, Guilds, and Seals: From Exclusivity to Competition / Lars Bisgaard 201
Saints and Political Identities in Late Medieval Lund and Uppsala / Tracey R. Sands 229
Saints at War in the Baltic Region / Kurt Villads Jensen 251
Saints around the Baltic—Some Remarks, Conclusions, and Further Questions / Felicitas Schmieder 273
Bibliography 281
List of Contributors 311
Index 315