@article{1479357,
      recid = {1479357},
      author = {Herrick, Samantha Kahn, },
      title = {Imagining the Sacred Past : Hagiography and Power in Early  Normandy /},
      pages = {1 online resource (272 p.)},
      abstract = {In 911, the French king ceded land along the river Seine  to Rollo the Viking, on condition that he convert to  Christianity. Over the next century and a half, Rollo and  his descendants would become powerful and pious Christian  rulers of the mighty European territory, Normandy. In 1066,  Rollo's descendant William would conquer England, with  papal sanction. Investigating the role of religious  tradition in the legitimation of power and the  establishment of identity, Samantha Kahn Herrick  illuminates the often murky early history of the duchy of  Normandy. Central to this religious heritage stood the  region's traditional saints, whose deeds, recorded in Latin  lives, were celebrated regularly. Herrick focuses on the  neglected figures Taurinus of Evreux, Vigor of Bayeux, and  Nicasius of Rouen, saints with particular resonance in  areas central to the Norman dukes' territorial ambitions.  In elaborating a vision of the past that helped explain the  present, the saints' stories sanctioned the dukes' rule.  Innovative in its historical use of hagiographical  literature, this work advances our understanding of early  Normandy and the Vikings' transformation from pagan raiders  to Christian princes. It also sheds light on the  intersection of religious tradition, identity, and power.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1479357},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674273689},
}