Reflection of "Spiritual Warfare" in the Material Culture of Personal Piety (to the Attribution of the Three Body Crosses from Pskov)
The article is devoted to the historical interpretation of the inscriptions on the body crosses, found during archaeological excavations in the Old Pskov and Izborsk. In late medieval Pskov (XV-XVII centuries) cross acted not as an amulet, talisman or a shield but as a weapon in spiritual warfare, weapon in the struggle against evil, included within the very essence of man.