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1 online resource (xii, 444 pages) : maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
From paganism to Christianity in medieval Europe / Robert Bartlett -- Kingdom of Denmark / Michael H. Gelting -- Kingdom of Norway / Sverre Bagge, Sæbjörg Walaker Nordeide -- Kingdom of Sweden / Nils Blomkvist, Stefan Brink, Thomas Lindkvist -- Bohemia and Moravia / Petr Sommer, Dusǎn Třeštík and Josef Žemlička (with additional material on art by Zoë Opačić) -- Kingdom of Poland, with an appendix on Polabia and Pomerania between paganism and Christianity / Przemyslaw Ubańczyk and Stanislaw Rosik -- Kingdom of Hungary / Nora Berend, Jozsef Laszlovszky and Bela Zsolt Szakacs -- Rus' / Jonathan Shepard. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Scandinavia -- Church history.
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Scandinavia. |
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Church history. |
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Europe, Central -- Church history.
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Central Europe. |
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Russia (Federation) -- Church history.
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Russia (Federation) |
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Scandinavia -- History -- To 1397.
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History. |
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To 1397 |
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Europe, Central -- History.
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Russia (Federation) -- History -- To 1533.
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| Chronological Term |
To 1533 |
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Scandinavia -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Europe, Central -- Politics and government.
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Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- To 1533.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Berend, Nora.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Christianization and the rise of Christian monarchy. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521876162 0521876168 (DLC) 2008271004 (OCoLC)166315025 |
| ISBN |
9780511378997 (electronic book) |
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0511378998 (electronic book) |
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0511378106 (electronic book) |
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9780511378102 (electronic book) |
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0521876168 (Cloth) |
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9780521876162 (hardback) |
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