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The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe
Anders Winroth
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Description for The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe
Paperback. Overturning the received narrative of Europe's military and religious conquest and colonization of the region, the author contends that rather than acting as passive recipients, Scandinavians converted to Christianity because it was in individual chieftains' political, economic and cultural interests to do so. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
In this book a MacArthur Award-winning scholar argues for a radically new interpretation of the conversion of Scandinavia from paganism to Christianity in the early Middle Ages. Overturning the received narrative of Europe's military and religious conquest and colonization of the region, Anders Winroth contends that rather than acting as passive recipients, Scandinavians converted to Christianity because it was in individual chieftains' political, economic, and cultural interests to do so. Through a painstaking analysis and historical reconstruction of both archeological and literary sources, and drawing on scholarly work that has been unavailable in English, Winroth opens ... Read more
In this book a MacArthur Award-winning scholar argues for a radically new interpretation of the conversion of Scandinavia from paganism to Christianity in the early Middle Ages. Overturning the received narrative of Europe's military and religious conquest and colonization of the region, Anders Winroth contends that rather than acting as passive recipients, Scandinavians converted to Christianity because it was in individual chieftains' political, economic, and cultural interests to do so. Through a painstaking analysis and historical reconstruction of both archeological and literary sources, and drawing on scholarly work that has been unavailable in English, Winroth opens ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
436g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300205534
SKU
V9780300205534
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About Anders Winroth
Anders Winroth, the Forst Family Professor of History at Yale, is the author of The Making of Gratian's Decretum, for which he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2003.
Reviews for The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe
'Challenging the stereotypical master narrative of zealous evangelicals and active missionaries converting an at best passive, at worst resistant, native heathen population, Winroth is able to substitute a fascinating description of the distinctive political dynamics that characterised all of Western Europe after the barbarian invasions' (Patrick Madigan, Heythrop Journal) 'He is well acquainted with the comprehensive and varied research and ... Read more