TY - BOOK ID - 17155388 TI - Christianization and the rise of Christian monarchy PY - 2007 SN - 9780521876162 0521876168 9780511496400 9780521169301 0511496400 0521169305 1107182433 1281243531 9786611243531 0511378106 0511377223 0511376286 0511374755 0511378998 9780511378997 9780511378102 PB - Cambridge, UK New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Scandinavia KW - Europe, Central KW - Russia KW - Church history KW - History KW - Politics and government KW - 27 <48> KW - Kerkgeschiedenis--Skandinavië KW - -Scandinavia KW - Fennoscandia KW - Norden KW - Nordic countries KW - -Church history. KW - Geschichte. KW - Kirchengeschichte. KW - Politics and government. KW - Politik. KW - To 1533. KW - Europe, Central. KW - Russia. KW - Russland. KW - Scandinavia. KW - Skandinavien. KW - Church history. KW - History. KW - Scandinavie KW - Europe centrale KW - Russie KW - Histoire religieuse KW - Histoire KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Soviet Union KW - Central Europe KW - 27 <438> KW - Kerkgeschiedenis--Polen KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Pologne KW - Hongrie KW - Bohême KW - Moravie KW - Christianisme KW - Scandinavia - Church history KW - Europe, Central - Church history KW - Russia - Church history KW - Scandinavia - History - To 1397 KW - Europe, Central - History KW - Russia - History - To 1533 KW - Scandinavia - Politics and government KW - Europe, Central - Politics and government KW - Russia - Politics and government - To 1533 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17155388 AB - 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. ER -