TY - BOOK ID - 118215151 TI - The Christianization of Scandinavia in the Viking Era PY - 2021 SN - 9781641892315 9781641892308 1641892307 1641892315 PB - Amsterdam DB - UniCat KW - Historiography KW - Conversion KW - Religious conversion KW - Psychology, Religious KW - Proselytizing KW - Historical criticism KW - History KW - Authorship KW - Christianity KW - Criticism KW - Vikings KW - 27 <48> KW - 948 <093> KW - 936.8 KW - 936.8 Geschiedenis van de Scandinaviërs, de Noormannen en de Vikings KW - Geschiedenis van de Scandinaviërs, de Noormannen en de Vikings KW - 948 <093> Geschiedenis van Scandinavië--Historische bronnen KW - Geschiedenis van Scandinavië--Historische bronnen KW - 27 <48> Histoire de l'Eglise--Skandinavië KW - 27 <48> Kerkgeschiedenis--Skandinavië KW - Histoire de l'Eglise--Skandinavië KW - Kerkgeschiedenis--Skandinavië KW - Northmen KW - Religious life KW - Adam, KW - Adam KW - Adam Bremenskiĭ, KW - Adamo, KW - Adamus Bremensis, KW - Bremen, KW - Historiography. KW - Adam of Bremen. KW - Christianization of Scandinavia. KW - Gesta Hammaburgensis. KW - conversion process. KW - medieval Scandinavia. KW - Religious life. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118215151 AB - This title 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. ER -