The Use of Prayers as Protection against the Evils of Nature 2008 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)

Abstract [en]

The paper concerns the issue of how prayers were used by the laity in late medieval Scandinavia. Often prayers were used, not only to communicate with God, but also to avoid fear and illness.

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2008.

Keywords [en]

ecclesiastical history, lay piety, mentalities, religious life

Keywords [sv]

kristendomens historia, medeltid, bön

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Religious Studies

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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-10496OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-10496DiVA, id: diva2:953384

Conference

International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds University United Kingdom, July 7-10, 2008

Available from: 2016-08-17 Created: 2016-08-16 Last updated: 2018-04-24Bibliographically approved

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Aldrin, Viktor

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