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Such condescending impressions about the peoples living at the 'end of the world' have been adapted by Scandinavian historians who, until recently, have stressed the isolation and the otherness of the North, and ignored the many similarities to the 'culturally more developed' Europe. This collection of articles by Nordic scholars is truly interdisciplinary, covering philology, history, archaeology, theology, and other approaches. It is divided into two parts, the first of which addresses conversion from a broad perspective, while the second is devoted to the consolidation of Christianity and ecclesiastical structures. The book investigates from a fresh viewpoint important aspects of Nordic Christianity in the Middle Ages and discusses to what extent ideas and institutions were adapted to local circumstances. It includes a variety of topics, such as the remnants of paganism, medieval saints cults, law, and church, to religious warfare, and the use of beer in cult and memory.
Church history --- Eglise --- Histoire --- Norway --- Sweden --- Norvège --- Church history. --- Histoire religieuse --- Christianity --- Scandinavia --- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Conversion --- History --- To 500 --- Ecclesiastical law --- To 1500 --- Middle Ages, 500-1500 --- Christianity - Scandinavia --- Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Scandinavie --- Christianisme --- Scandinavia - Church history
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The focus of this book is on the cult of St Magnús, Earl of Orkney, who was killed in 1116/1117 in an inter-dynastic dispute. More specifically, it looks at the emergence of the Magnús’ cult in the twelfth century and the hagiographical corpus that was composed in his honour by Icelandic and English men of letters. These aspects of the Orcadian cult are not, however, examined in isolation but are rather placed within broader Scandinavian and European contexts. Moreover, they provide points of departure for the examination of important topics relating to religious life and literature in early Christian Scandinavia, such as the earliest cults of native saints and the perception of martyrdom.
Christianity --- Martyrdom --- Christian saints --- Hagiography --- Spiritual life --- History of doctrines --- History --- Magnus, --- Scandinavia --- Church history --- Christianisme --- Martyre --- Saints chrétiens --- Hagiographie --- Vie spirituelle --- History. --- Histoire des doctrines --- Histoire --- Scandinavie --- Histoire religieuse --- Hagiology --- Saints --- Religions --- Canonization --- Death --- Suffering --- Martyrs --- History of doctrines. --- Religious aspects --- Fennoscandia --- Norden --- Nordic countries --- Christianity - Scandinavia --- Martyrdom - Christianity - History of doctrines --- Christian saints - Scotland --- Hagiography - History --- Spiritual life - Christianity - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Magnus comes insularum Orcadum --- Magnus, - Saint, Earl of Orkney, - 1076?-1115? --- Scandinavia - Church history - History - To 1500
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