TY - BOOK ID - 17256322 TI - The conversion of Scandinavia : vikings, merchants and missionaries in the remaking of Northern Europe AU - Winroth, Anders AU - Yale University Press PY - 2012 SN - 9780300170269 9780300205534 0300170262 PB - New Haven, CT ; London Yale University Press DB - UniCat KW - Vikings KW - Economics KW - Conversion KW - Commerce KW - History KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Religion KW - Scandinavia KW - Economic conditions 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 - Economie politique KW - History. KW - Religion. KW - Christianity. KW - Histoire KW - Aspect religieux KW - Christianisme KW - Scandinavie KW - Economic conditions. KW - Conditions économiques KW - Vikings - Commerce - History KW - Economics - Religious aspects - Christianity - History KW - Vikings - Religion KW - Conversion - Christianity KW - Scandinavia - Commerce - History KW - Scandinavia - Economic conditions KW - Scandinavia - Religion - History KW - Christian church history KW - History of Scandinavia and Iceland KW - anno 800-1199 KW - anno 700-799 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17256322 AB - "In this book a MacArthur Award-winning scholar argues for a radically new interpretation of the conversion of Scandinavia from paganism to Christianity in the early Middle Ages. Overturning the received narrative of Europe's military and religious conquest and colonization of the region, Anders Winroth contends that rather than acting as passive recipients, Scandinavians converted to Christianity because it was in individual chieftains' political, economic, and cultural interests to do so. Through a painstaking analysis and historical reconstruction of both archeological and literary sources, and drawing on scholarly work that has been unavailable in English, Winroth opens up new avenues for studying European ascendency and the expansion of Christianity in the medieval period"-- ER -