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Making Christian Landscapes in Atlantic Europe - Conversion and Consolidation in the Early Middle Ages (Hardcover)
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Making Christian Landscapes in Atlantic Europe - Conversion and Consolidation in the Early Middle Ages (Hardcover)
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Landscapes across Europe were transformed, both physically and
conceptually, during the early medieval period (c AD 400-1200), and
these changes were bound up with the conversion to Christianity and
the development of ecclesiastical power structures. Whilst
Christianity represented a more or less common set of beliefs and
ideas, early medieval societies were characterised by vibrant
diversity: much can potentially be learned about these societies by
comparing and contrasting how they adapted Christianity to suit
local circumstances. This is the first book to adopt a comparative
landscape approach to this crucial subject. It considers the
imprint of early medieval Christianity on landscapes along the
continent's western shore from Galicia to Norway, and across the
northern islands from Britain and Ireland to Iceland. The
construction of new monuments clearly led to some major physical
changes, but landscapes are not just affected by tangible, material
alterations: they are also shaped by new types of knowledge and
changing perceptions.Christianity was associated with many such
changes including new ways of seeing the land that directly
affected how landscapes were inhabited and managed. By examining
how people chose to shape their landscapes, this book provides
fresh perspectives on the Christianisation of Atlantic Europe.
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