Description:
Sanctity in the North features English translations of texts from Latin or vernacular Nordic languages, in many cases for the first time. The accompanying essays complement the translations and reflect the contributors' own disciplinary groundings in folklore, philology, medieval, and religious studies.
Brief description:
Thomas A. DuBois is a professor in the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Review Quotes: 'The book is rich and well written. One of its main merits is that is explores an understudied topic deserving of more attention inside as well as outside the field of Scandinavian Studies.'--Federico Zuliani, Canadian Journal of History: vol 45: Autumn 2010