Life and Biography in the Middle Ages: A Bishop

Double life of Henry. Metaphor in the Finnish St. Henry of Uppsala Legend. A young Czech scholar Michal Kovář (Masaryk University Brno) will speak about the role played by metaphors in the legend about the life of the Finnish Bishop St. Henry († 1156).

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The series is organized by the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages of the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague. The Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages is part of the Humanities Research Centers.

The series is supported by the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague.

All the lectures and discussions will be in English.

Event detail

Event start
22. 2. 2018 17:30 - 19:00
Venue
nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1 (Charles University, Faculty of Arts, room n. 319)
Organizing Institution
Department of Scandinavian Studies, Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages
Event type
Lecture