The Christianization of Scandinavia in the Viking Era : Religious Change in Adam of Bremen's Historical Work.
Grzybowski, Lukas G.
The Christianization of Scandinavia in the Viking Era : Religious Change in Adam of Bremen's Historical Work. - 1 online resource (140 pages). - Beyond Medieval Europe .
Includes bibliographies and index.
COVER -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Before Christianization -- Chapter 2: The Beginning of Christianization -- Chapter 3: Ongoing Christianization -- Chapter 4: Christianization, Ethics, and Identities -- Conclusion -- Index
This book discusses Adam of Bremen's perceptions and interpretation of the Christianization of Scandinavia in the Early Middle Ages. The views the chronicler presents in the Gesta Hammaburgensis constitute the central element of this analysis. By departing from the historiography--both the older view of the Gesta as trustworthy, and the recent view of the work as unreliable and biased--this book focuses instead on the Christianization of Scandinavia as an authorial concept. What follows is a reevaluation of the Gesta's significance both to its medieval audience and the modern historian.
9781641892315
Adam, von Bremen, active 11th century --
Historiography.
Conversion--Christianity--History--To 1500.
Vikings--Religious life.
Electronic Books.
BR854 / .C475 2021
The Christianization of Scandinavia in the Viking Era : Religious Change in Adam of Bremen's Historical Work. - 1 online resource (140 pages). - Beyond Medieval Europe .
Includes bibliographies and index.
COVER -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Before Christianization -- Chapter 2: The Beginning of Christianization -- Chapter 3: Ongoing Christianization -- Chapter 4: Christianization, Ethics, and Identities -- Conclusion -- Index
This book discusses Adam of Bremen's perceptions and interpretation of the Christianization of Scandinavia in the Early Middle Ages. The views the chronicler presents in the Gesta Hammaburgensis constitute the central element of this analysis. By departing from the historiography--both the older view of the Gesta as trustworthy, and the recent view of the work as unreliable and biased--this book focuses instead on the Christianization of Scandinavia as an authorial concept. What follows is a reevaluation of the Gesta's significance both to its medieval audience and the modern historian.
9781641892315
Adam, von Bremen, active 11th century --
Historiography.
Conversion--Christianity--History--To 1500.
Vikings--Religious life.
Electronic Books.
BR854 / .C475 2021