How the Holy Cross was Found: From Event to Medieval Legend
(1991)- Abstract
- 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.
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- author
- Borgehammar, Stephan LU
- supervisor
- opponent
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- Montgomery, Hugo, Oslo University
- publishing date
- 1991
- type
- Thesis
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- hagiography, Constantine, Helena Augusta, liturgy, adversus Iudaeos, Eusebius of Caesarea, Gelasius of Caesarea, Inventio Crucis, Cross of Christ
- pages
- 326 pages
- publisher
- Almqvist & Wiksell International
- defense location
- Dekansalen, Nathan Söderbloms plan 2, Uppsala
- defense date
- 1991-05-21 10:15:00
- ISBN
- 91-22-01432-2
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (015017000)
- id
- f074f6ea-05ab-4363-943b-e76a2d8c9091 (old id 1034271)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 12:00:07
- date last changed
- 2020-05-26 14:27:52
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