Pyhä Birgitta ja birgittalaisuus myöhäiskeskiajan Suomessa
Language
FinnishAbstract
This book brings together the most recent research on the influence of St Birgitta and the Birgittines in late medieval Finland. The Naantali monastery was a place of cult and teaching where both the mystical and practical aspects Birgittine learning were taught to the nuns through the reading aloud of religious texts, but also preached to laypeople by Birgittine brethren. It was also a place where nuns prayed daily for the souls that were in the Purgatory. For the sake of this service, the monastery received generous donations of land, images, and liturgical objects from the wealthy members of the local communities. On feast days, laypeople could witness solemn processions with holy images and relics and hear the nuns singing the officium of St Birgitta. From Naantali, the Birgittine spiritual, literary, musical, and visual heritage reached to the entire Turku Diocese. In this book, these phenomena are analysed from the perspectives of lived religion, senses and emotions, materiality, and fragmentation.
Keywords
Brigittines; Convents and monasteries; Late Middle Ages; Naantali Convent; Saint Bridget of Sweden; SaintsDOI
10.21435/ht.294ISBN
9789518589788, 9789518589788, 9789518589764, 9789518589771Publisher
Finnish Literature Society / SKSPublication date and place
Helsinki, Finland, 2025Imprint
Finnish Literature Society/SKSSeries
Historiallisia Tutkimuksia, 14Classification
European history: medieval period, middle ages
Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
Religious and spiritual figures
Religious communities and monasticism


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