Translations of saints’ relics in the late Medieval Central Balkans

The paper discusses the character of the translations of saints’ relics in the late medieval central Balkans, as they increasingly gained prominence as an encouragement to the veneration of saints. The fact that translations grew much more frequent provides the opportunity to analyse the mo...

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Main Author:	Vasiljević Marija
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Institute for Balkan Studies SASA 2020-01-01
Series:	Balcanica
Subjects:	translations of saints’ relics late middle ages central balkans st petka empress theophano constantine the great st luke the evangelist john of rila king stefan uroš ii milutin
Online Access:	http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2020/0350-76532051023V.pdf

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spelling	doaj-ce0fb53d323943b9a8cec8563d971c922021-02-05T08:02:40ZengInstitute for Balkan Studies SASABalcanica0350-76532406-08012020-01-01202051234310.2298/BALC2051023V0350-76532051023VTranslations of saints’ relics in the late Medieval Central BalkansVasiljević Marija0Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, BelgradeThe paper discusses the character of the translations of saints’ relics in the late medieval central Balkans, as they increasingly gained prominence as an encouragement to the veneration of saints. The fact that translations grew much more frequent provides the opportunity to analyse the motivations behind this practice, the ways in which relics were acquired, the types of translation processions and their symbolic significance. The relic translations in the central Balkans in the period under study fitted the Christian translation pattern in every respect and stood halfway between history and cult and, frequently, between politics and cult.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7653/2020/0350-76532051023V.pdftranslations of saints’ relicslate middle agescentral balkansst petkaempress theophanoconstantine the greatst luke the evangelistjohn of rilaking stefan uroš ii milutin
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title	Translations of saints’ relics in the late Medieval Central Balkans
title_short	Translations of saints’ relics in the late Medieval Central Balkans
title_full	Translations of saints’ relics in the late Medieval Central Balkans
title_fullStr	Translations of saints’ relics in the late Medieval Central Balkans
title_full_unstemmed	Translations of saints’ relics in the late Medieval Central Balkans
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publisher	Institute for Balkan Studies SASA
series	Balcanica
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publishDate	2020-01-01
description	The paper discusses the character of the translations of saints’ relics in the late medieval central Balkans, as they increasingly gained prominence as an encouragement to the veneration of saints. The fact that translations grew much more frequent provides the opportunity to analyse the motivations behind this practice, the ways in which relics were acquired, the types of translation processions and their symbolic significance. The relic translations in the central Balkans in the period under study fitted the Christian translation pattern in every respect and stood halfway between history and cult and, frequently, between politics and cult.
topic	translations of saints’ relics late middle ages central balkans st petka empress theophano constantine the great st luke the evangelist john of rila king stefan uroš ii milutin
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Translations of saints’ relics in the late Medieval Central Balkans

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