Remembering St Brictius: Conspiracy, Violence and Liturgical Time in the Danish Massacre of 1002
This article builds upon recent scholarship on the role of church ‘reform’ and the cult of saints in English royal politics around the turn of the second millennium, arguing that the infamous ‘St Brice's Day massacre’ of 13 November 1002 may have been planned for that date in part because of th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2022, Volume: 73, Issue: 3, Pages: 480-504 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Brictius of Tours 397-444
/ Commemoration day
/ Aethelred II England, King 968-1016
/ England
/ Danish people
/ Massacre
/ Geschichte 1002
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBF British Isles |
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| Summary: | This article builds upon recent scholarship on the role of church ‘reform’ and the cult of saints in English royal politics around the turn of the second millennium, arguing that the infamous ‘St Brice's Day massacre’ of 13 November 1002 may have been planned for that date in part because of the associations of the cult of Brice/Brictius. After outlining this hypothesis, the article explores the broader implications of the emergence of a universal martyrological calendar for historical writing and political action, and for the exercise and communication of violence in particular. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S002204692100066X |