TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grzybowski,Lukas G.
TI  - The Christianization of Scandinavia in the Viking Era: Religious Change in Adam of Bremen's Historical Work
T2  - Beyond Medieval Europe
SN  - 9781641892315
AV  - BR854 .C475 2021
KW  - Adam,
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Conversion
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Vikings
KW  - Religious life
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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
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