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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2009
      November 2007
      ISBN:
      9780511496400
      9780521876162
      9780521169301
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511496400
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.84kg, 460 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.67kg, 460 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, European History 1000-1450, History, Religion, European Studies, Church History
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    Area Studies, European History 1000-1450, History, Religion, European Studies, Church History
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    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.

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    Review of the hardback:'This volume constitutes an invaluable resource for our understanding of a crucial period in the formation of Europe.'

    Source: Journal of Ecclesiastical History

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