The Cross Goes North - Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe, AD 300-1300 (Paperback, New Ed)

37 studies of the adoption of Christianity across northern Europe over1000 years, and the diverse reasons that drove the process. In Europe, the cross went north and east as the centuries unrolled: from the Dingle Peninsula to Estonia, and from the Alps to Lapland, ranging in time from Roman Britain and Gaul in the third and fourth centuries to the conversion of peoples in the Baltic area a thousand years later. These episodes of conversion form the basic narrative here. History encourages the belief that the adoption of Christianity was somehow irresistible, but specialists show theunderside of the process by turning the spotlight from the missionaries, who recorded their triumphs, to the converted, exploring their local situations and motives. What were the reactions of the northern peoples to the Christian message? Why would they wish to adopt it for the sake of its alliances? In what way did they adapt the Christian ethos and infrastructure to suit their own community? How did conversion affect the status of farmers, of smiths, of princes and of women? Was society wholly changed, or only in marginal matters of devotion and superstition? These are the issues discussed here by thirty-eight experts from across northern Europe; some answers come from astute re-readings of the texts alone, but most are owed to a combination of history, art history and archaeology working together. MARTIN CARVER is Professor of Archaeology, University of York.

General

Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2006
First published:	2006
Editors:	Martin Carver
Contributors:	Alexandra Sanmark • Anne-Sofie Graslund • Audrey Meaney • Barbara Yorke • Carol Neuman de Vegvar (Contributor) • Catherine E. Karkov • Chris Crowe • Christoph Keller • Christopher Sparey Green
Dimensions:	244 x 172 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	608
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-84383-125-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Early Church Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Early Church Books > Christianity > Early Church
LSN:	1-84383-125-2
Barcode:	9781843831259

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