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The Christianization of Scandinavia in the Viking Era : Religious Change in Adam of Bremen's Historical Work / Lukas G. Grzybowski.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Beyond Medieval EuropePublisher: Leeds : ARC Humanities Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781641892315
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 943.02092 23
LOC classification:
  • BR854.A33 G79 2021
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Before Christianization -- Chapter 2. The Beginning of Christianization -- Chapter 3. Ongoing Christianization -- Chapter 4. Christianization, Ethics, and Identities -- Conclusion -- Index
Summary: This book discusses Adam of Bremen's perceptions and interpretation of the Christianization of Scandinavia in the Early Middle Ages. The views the chronicler presents in the Gesta Hammaburgensis constitute the central element of this analysis. By departing from the historiography—both the older view of the Gesta as trustworthy, and the recent view of the work as unreliable and biased—this book focuses instead on the Christianization of Scandinavia as an authorial concept. What follows is a reevaluation of the Gesta’s significance both to its medieval audience and the modern historian.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Before Christianization -- Chapter 2. The Beginning of Christianization -- Chapter 3. Ongoing Christianization -- Chapter 4. Christianization, Ethics, and Identities -- Conclusion -- Index

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This book discusses Adam of Bremen's perceptions and interpretation of the Christianization of Scandinavia in the Early Middle Ages. The views the chronicler presents in the Gesta Hammaburgensis constitute the central element of this analysis. By departing from the historiography—both the older view of the Gesta as trustworthy, and the recent view of the work as unreliable and biased—this book focuses instead on the Christianization of Scandinavia as an authorial concept. What follows is a reevaluation of the Gesta’s significance both to its medieval audience and the modern historian.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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