Christianization And Commonwealth In Early Medieval Europe
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Christianization And Commonwealth In Early Medieval Europe
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Author : Nathan J. Ristuccia
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
Christianization And Commonwealth In Early Medieval Europe written by Nathan J. Ristuccia and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Religion categories.
Christianization and Commonwealth in Early Medieval Europe re-examines the alterations in Western European life that followed widespread conversion to Christianity-the phenomena traditionally termed "Christianization". It refocuses scholarly paradigms for Christianization around the development of mandatory rituals. One prominent ritual, Rogationtide supplies an ideal case study demonstrating a new paradigm of "Christianization without religion." Christianization in the Middle Ages was not a slow process through which a Christian system of religious beliefs and practices replaced an earlier pagan system. In the Middle Ages, religion did not exist in the sense of a fixed system of belief bounded off from other spheres of life. Rather, Christianization was primarily ritual performance. Being a Christian meant joining a local church community. After the fall of Rome, mandatory rituals such as Rogationtide arose to separate a Christian commonwealth from the pagans, heretics, and Jews outside it. A Latin West between the polis and the parish had its own institution-the Rogation procession-for organizing local communities. For medieval people, sectarian borders were often flexible and rituals served to demarcate these borders. Rogationtide is an ideal case study of this demarcation, because it was an emotionally powerful feast, which combined pageantry with doctrinal instruction, community formation, social ranking, devotional exercises, and bodily mortification. As a result, rival groups quarrelled over the holiday's meaning and procedure, sometimes violently, in order to reshape the local order and ban people and practices as non-Christian.
Conquest And Christianization
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Author : Ingrid Rembold
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018
Conquest And Christianization written by Ingrid Rembold and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
Re-evaluates the political integration and Christianization of Saxony following its violent conquest (772-804) by Charlemagne.
Pagan And Christian
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Author : David Petts
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-05-20
Pagan And Christian written by David Petts and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-20 with History categories.
The conversion to Christianity was a key cultural process that saw the transformation of Europe from classical to medieval world. The growth of the Church has been closely linked with the development of other key institutions, such as the state. It has also been highlighted as a factor in changing attitudes to issues such as the body, time and landscapes. While the study of conversion in the early medieval world has increasingly become a focus for both historians and archaeologists, there has been a lack of engagement with the methodological and theoretical problems underpinning any attempt to explore the archaeology of belief. This book, illustrated with case studies and examples drawn from a range of sources, including the 'Celtic' west, Anglo-Saxon England, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, tackles some of these important issues. In particular it explores two under-theorised aspects of conversion: the relationship between archaeology and belief, and an attempt to re-centre the 'pagan' as a key element in the conversion process.
The Germanization Of Early Medieval Christianity
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Author : James C. Russell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1996-06-20
The Germanization Of Early Medieval Christianity written by James C. Russell and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-06-20 with History categories.
While historians of Christianity have generally acknowledged some degree of Germanic influence in the development of early medieval Christianity, Russell goes further, arguing for a fundamental Germanic reinterpretation of Christianity. This first full-scale treatment of the subject follows a truly interdisciplinary approach, applying to the early medieval period a sociohistorical method similar to that which has already proven fruitful in explicating the history of Early Christianity and Late Antiquity. The encounter of the Germanic peoples with Christianity is studied from within the larger context of the encounter of a predominantly "world-accepting" Indo-European folk-religiosity with predominantly "world-rejecting" religious movements. While the first part of the book develops a general model of religious transformation for such encounters, the second part applies this model to the Germano-Christian scenario. Russell shows how a Christian missionary policy of temporary accommodation inadvertently contributed to a reciprocal Germanization of Christianity.
Christianity And War In Medieval East Central Europe And Scandinavia
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Author : Radoslaw Kotecki
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-06-30
Christianity And War In Medieval East Central Europe And Scandinavia written by Radoslaw Kotecki and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-30 with categories.
In this volume, a diverse selection of medieval historians investigate the intersection between religion, culture, and warfare in territories that were only integrated into Christendom in the High Middle Ages. The contributors analyse cultures that lay outside Charlemagne's limes and the frontiers of the Byzantine Empire, to consider a region stretching from the Balkans to the south, through Hungary and the Slavic lands (Poland, Bohemia, Rus), to the Baltic coastline with Polabia, Pomerania, Prussia, and Estonia, and reaching into Scandinavia.
Medieval Christianity
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Author : Daniel Ethan Bornstein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Medieval Christianity written by Daniel Ethan Bornstein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
The fourth volume in A People's History of Christianity series accents the astounding range of cultural and religious experience within medieval Christianity and the ways in which religious life structured all aspects of the daily lives of ordinary Christians.With ranking scholars from the U.S. and the Continent, this volume explores rituals of birth and death, daily parish life, lay-clerical relations, and relations with Jews and Muslims through a thousand years and many lands. Includes 50 illustrations, maps, and an 8-page color gallery.Visit the companion Web site at www.peopleshistoryofchristianity.com
Contesting Inter Religious Conversion In The Medieval World
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Author : Yosi Yisraeli
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-08
Contesting Inter Religious Conversion In The Medieval World written by Yosi Yisraeli and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-08 with History categories.
The Mediterranean and its hinterlands were the scene of intensive and transformative contact between cultures in the Middle Ages. From the seventh to the seventeenth century, the three civilizations into which the region came to be divided geographically – the Islamic Khalifate, the Byzantine Empire, and the Latin West – were busily redefining themselves vis-à-vis one another. Interspersed throughout the region were communities of minorities, such as Christians in Muslim lands, Muslims in Christian lands, heterodoxical sects, pagans, and, of course, Jews. One of the most potent vectors of interaction and influence between these communities in the medieval world was inter-religious conversion: the process whereby groups or individuals formally embraced a new religion. The chapters of this book explore this dynamic: what did it mean to convert to Christianity in seventh-century Ireland? What did it mean to embrace Islam in tenth-century Egypt? Are the two phenomena comparable on a social, cultural, and legal level? The chapters of the book also ask what we are able to learn from our sources, which, at times, provide a very culturally-charged and specific conversion rhetoric. Taken as a whole, the compositions in this volume set out to argue that inter-religious conversion was a process that was recognizable and comparable throughout its geographical and chronological purview.
The Routledge History Of Medieval Christianity
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Author : R. N. Swanson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-04-10
The Routledge History Of Medieval Christianity written by R. N. Swanson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-10 with History categories.
The Routledge History of Medieval Christianity explores the role of Christianity in European society from the middle of the eleventh-century until the dawning of the Reformation. Arranged in four thematic sections and comprising 23 originally commissioned chapters plus introductory overviews to each part by the editor, this book provides an authoritative survey of a vital element of medieval history. Comprehensive and cohesive, the volume provides a holistic view of Christianity in medieval Europe, examining not only the church itself but also its role in, influence on, and tensions with, contemporary society. Chapters therefore range from examinations of structures, theology and devotional practices within the church to topics such as gender, violence and holy warfare, the economy, morality, culture, and many more besides, demonstrating the pervasiveness and importance of the church and Christianity in the medieval world. Despite the transition into an increasingly post-Christian age, the historic role of Christianity in the development of Europe remains essential to the understanding of European history – particularly in the medieval period. This collection will be essential reading for students and scholars of medieval studies across a broad range of disciplines.
Christianization And The Rise Of Christian Monarchy
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Author : Nora Berend
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-11-22
Christianization And The Rise Of Christian Monarchy written by Nora Berend and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-22 with History categories.
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.
The Conversion Of Europe Text Only
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Author : Richard Fletcher
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2012-11-22
The Conversion Of Europe Text Only written by Richard Fletcher and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-22 with History categories.
The story of how Europe was converted to Christianity from 300AD until the barbarian Lithuanians finally capitulated at the astonishingly late date of 1386. It is an epic tale from one of the most gifted historians of today.