The calendar from Gertruda’s Codex as an example of royal devotion. Concerning the cult of saints on the border between Latin and Eastern Christianity in the 11th century Cover Image

Kalendarz z Kodeksu Gertrudy jako świadectwo dewocji monarszej. Wokół kultu świętych na styku chrześcijaństwa łacińskiego i wschodniego w XI wieku
The calendar from Gertruda’s Codex as an example of royal devotion. Concerning the cult of saints on the border between Latin and Eastern Christianity in the 11th century

Author(s): Grzegorz Pac, Grzegorz Pac
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Oral history, Political history, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Gertruda daughter of Mieszko II; Gertruda’s Codex; calendars; cult of saints; early Rus’; St. Helen; St. Demetrius; St. Brittiva; St. Ludmila; Cracow Cathedral;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the calendar from Gertruda’s Codex and consists of two parts. In the first, the author discusses earlier proposals concerning the time and place of the calendar’s creation and its patterns, and in the second, a thesis is presented on the influence of Gertruda herself or her circle on the form of the calendar, especially the selection of the remembrances of saints it includes.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 84
  • Page Range: 31-68
  • Page Count: 38
  • Language: Polish