Listing 1 - 5 of 5
Sort by

Book
The conversion of Scandinavia
Author:
ISBN: 1299463584 0300178093 9780300178098 9780300170269 0300170262 9781299463585 0300205538 9780300205534 Year: 2012 Publisher: New Haven Yale University Press

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

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.


Book
The conversion of Scandinavia : Vikings, merchants, and missionaries in the remaking of Northern Europe
Author:
ISBN: 9780300170269 9780300205534 0300170262 Year: 2012 Publisher: New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

"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"--

Listing 1 - 5 of 5
Sort by