Papers by Margaret Cormack
Boydell and Brewer eBooks, Dec 31, 2021
Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Jul 1, 2006
Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Apr 1, 2008
Blackwell Publishing Ltd eBooks, Jan 14, 2008
Journal of the History of Sexuality, 2012
demonstrates convincingly that while men were rarely present at births, they did manage to have a... more demonstrates convincingly that while men were rarely present at births, they did manage to have an influence on events and were to some extent aware of and interested in them. still, overwhelmingly, she shows that women dominated the birth experience.
Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 2007
CV 2023, 2023
A study and translation of Guðmundar saga Arasonar B version Publications excluding Book Reviews ... more A study and translation of Guðmundar saga Arasonar B version Publications excluding Book Reviews Forthcoming (2023-24) 'The Cult of St. Olaf in Iceland in the Middle Ages and Beyond' (article) 'Ireland and its Saints in Medieval Icelandic Cultural Memory' (article) 'The Sagas of Guðmundr Arason' The Literary Encyclopedia 1.3.4: Icelandic Writing and Culture, ed. Ármann Jakobsson et al. 2023.
Mexico "Monks and their Daughters: Monasteries as Muslim-Christian Boundaries." D Dr r.. E Et th ... more Mexico "Monks and their Daughters: Monasteries as Muslim-Christian Boundaries." D Dr r.. E Et th he el l S S.. W Wo ol lp pe er r, , U Un ni iv ve er rs si it ty y o of f N Ne ew w H Ha am mp ps sh hi ir re e "Khidr and the Politics of Place." Dr. JoAnn Gross, The College of New Jersey "Shrines and Sacred History in Tajikistan: Oral Tradition and Cultural Geography."
JEGP, Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 2015
Supernatural Encounters in Old Norse Literature and Tradition, 2018
Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture, 2011
Images, statues, and reliquaries of saints are valuable evidence for the art historian; their pre... more Images, statues, and reliquaries of saints are valuable evidence for the art historian; their presence in a church, like the arrangement of church dedications in a landscape, may reflect pilgrimage or trade routes, mountain passes, political alliances, and various types of localized commercial activity. Knowledge of the dedication of a churchor of a miracle credited to a saint at a specific locationcan provide evidence for the identification of paintings or other objects and can suggest reasons for the dedication of churches or chapels or for the purchase of statues. Miracle accounts are among the very few medieval sources that contain information about women, children, and the lower classes. They may also supply data about the environment and climate of the past. The dates of all these different types of material can provide evidence of intellectual, artistic, and social trends and of the speed with which innovation could spread. Several initiatives to create comprehensive collections of dedications and make them available to the public have already been undertaken. Readers may be familiar with Steven Boardman"s Database of Dedications of Saints in Medieval Scotland at http://webdb.ucs.ed.ac.uk/saints/ or with the Trans-National Atlas and Database of Saints" Cults (TASC) created by Graham Jones at http://www.le.ac.uk/users/grj1/tascintro.html as the culmination of a number of international meetings. The following articles examining the distribution of saints" cults are part of a project aiming to create an interactive website comparable to Boardman"s to which other scholars will be able to contribute. They were presented at a conference on "Saints and Geography" held at Hólar, Iceland, in 2006 which was supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Icelandic ministries of Culture, Justice and the Church; the British Embassy in Reykjavík; the German Embassy in Reykjavík; Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður; the Þorlákssjóður of the Icelandic Catholic church; and the Icelandic Millennial Fund. The conference was held at the invitation of the Jón Baldvinsson, Bishop of Hólar, and hosted by Skúli Skúlason, Rector of the University at Hólar. The participants wish to express their thanks to all of these for having made that event possible. (figs. 1, 2) Michael Costen"s paper is based on a database containing dedications and other information, such as the dates of fairs and the locations of holy wells, pertaining to the cult of saints in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. On this basis he has identified three successive layers of dedications, including one attributable to the West-Saxon kings, reflected in dedications to St. Andrew, and one that is even older. His contribution includes four appendices: 1) a list of estates belonging to the Bishopric of Wells and the church dedications on those estates; 2) dedications of parish churches belonging to the Cathedral of Wells; 3) dedications of parish churches belonging to Glastonbury Abbey; and 4) dedications of parish churches on estates belonging to Glastonbury Abbey. His article also calls attention to the shrine of St. Cyngar at Congressbury, about which he has written previously. Among other items of interest emerging from his database are the numerous holy wells in the diocese. (fig. 3) Cormack
Saints and their Legacies in Medieval Iceland, 2021
International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, 2020
ABSTRACT The cult of Thomas Becket was not slow to reach Iceland. The martyred archbishop quickly... more ABSTRACT The cult of Thomas Becket was not slow to reach Iceland. The martyred archbishop quickly became the recipient of vows, churches were dedicated to him, and statues representing him purchased to adorn those churches as well as others of which he was not formally a patron. Two Icelanders are known to have visited Canterbury, and Icelanders invoked Thomas in wills, in one case as a personal patron. Vitæ composed about him were translated into Icelandic, probably at periods corresponding to times of conflict between secular and ecclesiastical authority in that country. These works influenced other writings in Icelandic, and descriptions of Thomas’s martyrdom served as models for other descriptions of violent death. Poems were composed in the vernacular in Thomas’s honour.
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