Saints' Cults and Devotions on the Norman Edge: The Case of St Katherine of Alexandria

Andrew Jotischky

doi:10.4324/9781315555072-9

Saints' Cults and Devotions on the Norman Edge: The Case of St Katherine of Alexandria

Andrew Jotischky

Department of History

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Abstract

This essay examines the origins and emergence of the cult of St Katherine in western Europe as a case study of how saints' cults travelled across the Norman diaspora. The essay offers evidence to argue that the cult was reshaped and re-imported from the Norman world to the eastern Mediterranean in the context of the Crusades, and examines the reasons for the striking popularity and significance of the cult in the late 11th and early 12th centuries as an index of specific spiritual directions of the time.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Normans and the 'Norman Edge'
Subtitle of host publication	Peoples, Polities and Identities on the Frontiers of Medieval Europe
Editors	Keith Stringer, Andrew Jotischky
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	8
Number of pages	28
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315555072
ISBN (Print)	9781472459787
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315555072-9
Publication status	Published - 2 Dec 2019

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Saints' Cults and Devotions on the Norman Edge: The Case of St Katherine of Alexandria. / Jotischky, Andrew.
The Normans and the 'Norman Edge' : Peoples, Polities and Identities on the Frontiers of Medieval Europe. ed. / Keith Stringer; Andrew Jotischky. 1 . ed. Routledge, 2019.

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