Миротворческие послания Биргитты Шведской 1348 года

Идеи и идеалы. 2016. Т. 2. № 2 (28). С. 52–61.

Першин Я. В.

The article analyses the text of the mystical «Revelations» of st. Birgitta and references to her “Revelations” in diplomatic correspondence during Hundred Years’ War. In this text she calls on those warring parties for laying their arms down in the name of Jesus. The focus is on the argument in favor of the authenticity of the divine origin of the «Revelations» contained inside the text, and in external comments. These techniques of persuasion, as addressed to the recipient of the message, attempt to use conventional conceptions of established law. Based on a detailed analysis of how they were used, as well as how and why they were successful, we can reconstruct the role of religious elements in the legal and political relations of this era.

Keywords: королевская власть, теология права, видения, letters, king's power, visions, послания, christian mysticism, христианский мистицизм, средневековая теология права