Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus' c.900–1200 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521876168 ISBN 13: 9780521876162

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

This 2007 book offers an interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of one of the most fundamental stages in the formation of Europe. This study of Christianization and the formation of new polities in Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus' highlights regional patterns, as well as local specificities and differences.

About the Author:

Nora Berend is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Cambridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521876168
• ISBN 13: 9780521876162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 460
• Editor: Berend Nora