This 2007 text is a comparative, analysis of one of the most fundamental stages in the formation of Europe. Leading scholars explore the role of the spread of Christianity and the formation of new principalities in the birth of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Bohemia, Hungary, Poland and Rus' around the year 1000. Drawing on history, archaeology and art history, and emphasizing problems related to the sources and historiographical debates, they demonstrate the complex interdependence between the processes of religious and political change, covering conditions prior to the introduction of Christianity, the adoption of Christianity, and the development of the rulers' power. Regional patterns emerge, highlighting both the similarities in ruler-sponsored cases of Christianization, and differences in the consolidation of power and in institutions introduced by Christianity. The essays reveal how local societies adopted Christianity; medieval ideas of what constituted the dividing line between Christians and non-Christians; and the connections between Christianity and power.
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Review of the hardback: 'This volume constitutes an invaluable resource for our understanding of a crucial period in the formation of Europe.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History
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This 2007 book offers an interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of one of the most fundamental stages in the formation of Europe. This study of Christianization and the formation of new polities in Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus' highlights regional patterns, as well as local specificities and differences.
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canonical responses, pagan uprising, wczesnym sredniowieczu, pagan burial grounds, den helige, skaldic poems, sacral buildings, den gode, geopolitical stage, ecclesiae pontificum, pagan reaction, missionary kings, skaldic poetry, pagan period, runic script, chamber graves Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adam of Bremen, Thietmar of Merseburg, Bruno of Querfurt, Middle Ages, Boleslaw Chrobry, Prague Castle, Old Norse, Gallus Anonymus, Viking Age, Harald Bluetooth, Snorri Sturluson, Primary Chronicle, Great Moravia, Olav Tryggvason, Olav Haraldsson, Greater Poland, Vita Prieflingensis, Otto of Bamberg, Carpathian Basin, Annales Hildesheimenses, Sven Estridson, Middle Dnieper, Historisk Tidsskrift, Olav Kyrre, Knud the Great Browse Sample Pages:
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canonical responses, pagan uprising, wczesnym sredniowieczu, pagan burial grounds, den helige, skaldic poems, sacral buildings, den gode, geopolitical stage, ecclesiae pontificum, pagan reaction, missionary kings, skaldic poetry, pagan period, runic script, chamber graves Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adam of Bremen, Thietmar of Merseburg, Bruno of Querfurt, Middle Ages, Boleslaw Chrobry, Prague Castle, Old Norse, Gallus Anonymus, Viking Age, Harald Bluetooth, Snorri Sturluson, Primary Chronicle, Great Moravia, Olav Tryggvason, Olav Haraldsson, Greater Poland, Vita Prieflingensis, Otto of Bamberg, Carpathian Basin, Annales Hildesheimenses, Sven Estridson, Middle Dnieper, Historisk Tidsskrift, Olav Kyrre, Knud the Great Browse Sample Pages:
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