• 18.10.2021 - 19.10.2021
• 🇩🇪 Deutschland / Greifswald
• Lehrstuhl für Nordische Geschichte, Universität Greifswald
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Remembering a pre-modern past in a modern world: Medieval saints and heroes as realms of memory in 19th and 20th Century Central, Eastern and Northern Europe

When the Empires expanded and nations were born during the modern period, various groups and societies in the Middle Ages found historical figures – rulers, saints and heroes – as role models important for the formation of their identities. This conference will offer a view on the role of medieval and early modern saints and heroes in Northern Europe in longue durée.