The Scandinavian encounter with Christianity overseas: diplomatic conversions in the 9th and 10th centuries
Speaking very generally, there were three kinds of conversion to Christianity in a Scandinavian context outside the homelands in the Viking Age. Iceland, Greenland and Rus’ experienced religious change without interacting with a pre-existing population of resident Christians. In contrast, the migran...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Conference item |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Aarhus University Press
2020
|
| _version_ | 1824458761448718336 |
|---|---|
| author | Abrams, L |
| author2 | Pedersen, A |
| author_facet | Pedersen, A Abrams, L |
| author_sort | Abrams, L |
| collection | OXFORD |
| description | Speaking very generally, there were three kinds of conversion to Christianity in a Scandinavian context outside the homelands in the Viking Age. Iceland, Greenland and Rus’ experienced religious change without interacting with a pre-existing population of resident Christians. In contrast, the migrant settlers in Britain, Ireland and Normandy were surrounded by Christians, and while some of the religious establishments in the region went out of business, others survived to participate in the process. A third kind of conversion, which might be called ‘diplomatic’, belongs to the interactive dynamics of viking activity (using ‘vikings’ in the strict sense of aggressive mobile... |
| first_indexed | 2025-02-19T04:31:02Z |
| format | Conference item |
| id | oxford-uuid:0f3e616a-8f29-42ad-ba1c-932726a71769 |
| institution | University of Oxford |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2025-02-19T04:31:02Z |
| publishDate | 2020 |
| publisher | Aarhus University Press |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | oxford-uuid:0f3e616a-8f29-42ad-ba1c-932726a717692025-01-10T16:25:19ZThe Scandinavian encounter with Christianity overseas: diplomatic conversions in the 9th and 10th centuriesConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:0f3e616a-8f29-42ad-ba1c-932726a71769EnglishSymplectic ElementsAarhus University Press2020Abrams, LPedersen, ASindbæk, SMSpeaking very generally, there were three kinds of conversion to Christianity in a Scandinavian context outside the homelands in the Viking Age. Iceland, Greenland and Rus’ experienced religious change without interacting with a pre-existing population of resident Christians. In contrast, the migrant settlers in Britain, Ireland and Normandy were surrounded by Christians, and while some of the religious establishments in the region went out of business, others survived to participate in the process. A third kind of conversion, which might be called ‘diplomatic’, belongs to the interactive dynamics of viking activity (using ‘vikings’ in the strict sense of aggressive mobile... |
| spellingShingle | Abrams, L The Scandinavian encounter with Christianity overseas: diplomatic conversions in the 9th and 10th centuries |
| title | The Scandinavian encounter with Christianity overseas: diplomatic conversions in the 9th and 10th centuries |
| title_full | The Scandinavian encounter with Christianity overseas: diplomatic conversions in the 9th and 10th centuries |
| title_fullStr | The Scandinavian encounter with Christianity overseas: diplomatic conversions in the 9th and 10th centuries |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Scandinavian encounter with Christianity overseas: diplomatic conversions in the 9th and 10th centuries |
| title_short | The Scandinavian encounter with Christianity overseas: diplomatic conversions in the 9th and 10th centuries |
| title_sort | scandinavian encounter with christianity overseas diplomatic conversions in the 9th and 10th centuries |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT abramsl thescandinavianencounterwithchristianityoverseasdiplomaticconversionsinthe9thand10thcenturies AT abramsl scandinavianencounterwithchristianityoverseasdiplomaticconversionsinthe9thand10thcenturies |