The Cross Goes North: Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe, AD 300-1300

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The Cross Goes North

Processes of Conversion in Northern Europe, AD 300-1300

Edited by: Martin Carver
With contributions by: Alexandra Sanmark , Anne-Sofie Graslund , Audrey Meaney , Barbara Yorke , Carol Neuman de Vegvar , Catherine E Karkov , Chris Crowe , Christoph Keller , Christopher Sparey-Green , David Petts , David Stocker , Elisabeth Okasha , Heiki Valk , Helen Geake , James Barrett , Jane Hawkes , Jeremy Knight , John Higgitt , John Toy , Jorn Staecker , Julian Richards , Kate Rambridge , Lawrence Butler , Linn Lager , Lorna Watts , Michael Muller-Wille , Nancy L. Wicker , Paul Everson , Paul S Barnwell , Per Beskow , Philip Rahtz , Philippa Patrick , Przemyslaw Urbanczyk , Sam Turner , Stig Welinder , Susan Pearce , Tomas O'Carragain and Volker Bierbrauer

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2002

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37 studies of the adoption of Christianity across northern Europe over 1000 years, and the diverse reasons that drove the process.

Author / Editor information

Karkov Catherine E :

CATHERINE E. KARKOV is Professor Emeritus of Art History, University of Leeds.Hawkes Jane :

JANE HAWKES is Professor of Art History at the University of York.

Topics

History Regional and National History Europe General European History

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Plates Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Part I Processes of Conversion
1 Introduction: Northern Europeans Negotiate their Future Martin Carver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
2 The Politics of Conversion in North Central Europe Przemysław Urbańczyk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	15
3 ‘How do you pray to God?’ Fragmentation and Variety in Early Medieval Christianity Aleksander Pluskowski and Philippa Patrick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	29
Part II Into Celtic Lands
4 Processes of Conversion in North-west Roman Gaul Susan M. Pearce Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	61
5 Roman Britain, a Failed Promise William H.C. Frend Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
6 Where are the Christians? Late Roman Cemeteries in Britain Christopher Sparey-Green Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
7 Votive Deposits and Christian Practice in Late Roman Britain David Petts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	109
8 Basilicas and Barrows: Christian Origins in Wales and Western Britain Jeremy Knight Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
9 A Landscape Converted: Archaeology and Early Church Organisation on Iveragh and Dingle, Ireland Tomás Ó Carragáin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
10 Romanitas and Realpolitik in Cogitosus’ Description of the Church of St Brigit, Kildare Carol Neuman De Vegvar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
11 Making a Christian Landscape: Early Medieval Cornwall Sam Turner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
12 Early Medieval Parish Formation in Dumfries and Galloway Christopher Crowe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	195
13 Christian and Pagan Practice during the Conversion of Viking Age Orkney and Shetland James H. Barrett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
Part III Christianity and the English
14 Anglo-Saxon Pagan and Early Christian Attitudes to the Dead Audrey L. Meaney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	229
15 The Adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon Royal Courts to Christianity Barbara Yorke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	243
16 The Control of Burial Practice in Anglo-Saxon England Helen Geake Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	259
17 The Straight and Narrow Way: Fenland Causeways and the Conversion of the Landscape in the Witham Valley, Lincolnshire David Stocker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	271
18 Three Ages of Conversion at Kirkdale, North Yorkshire Philip Rahtz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	289
19 The Confusion of Conversion: Streanæshalch, Strensall and Whitby and the Northumbrian Church P.S. Barnwell, L.A.S. Butler and C.J. Dunn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	311
20 Design and Meaning in Early Medieval Inscriptions in Britain and Ireland John Higgitt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	327
21 Spaces Between Words: Word Separation in Anglo-Saxon Inscriptions Elisabeth Okasha Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	339
22 Sacraments in Stone: The Mysteries of Christ in Anglo-Saxon Sculpture Jane Hawkes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	351
23 Alcuin’s Narratives of Evangelism: The Life of St Willibrord and the Northumbrian Hagiographical Tradition Kate Rambridge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	371
24 Pagans and Christians at a Frontier: Viking Burial in the Danelaw Julian D. Richards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	383
25 The Body of St Æthelthryth: Desire, Conversion and Reform in Anglo-Saxon England Catherine E. Karkov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	397
Part IV From the Alps to the Baltic
26 From a Late Roman Cemetery to the Basilica Sanctorum Cassii et Florentii in Bonn, Germany Christoph Keller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	415
27 The Cross Goes North: From Late Antiquity to Merovingian Times South and North of the Alps Volker Bierbrauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	429
28 The Cross Goes North: Carolingian Times between Rhine and Elbe Michael Müller-Wille Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	443
29 The Cross Goes North: Christian Symbols and Scandinavian Women Jörn Staecker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	463
30 The Role of Scandinavian Women in Christianisation: The Neglected Evidence Anne-Sofie Gräslund Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	483
31 Runestones and the Conversion of Sweden Linn Lager Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	497
32 Christianity, Politics and Ethnicity in Early Medieval Jämtland, Mid Sweden Stig Welinder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	509
33 The Scandinavian Animal Styles in Response to Mediterranean and Christian Narrative Art Nancy L. Wicker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	531
34 The Role of Secular Rulers in the Conversion of Sweden Alexandra Sanmark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	551
35 Byzantine Influence in the Conversion of the Baltic Region? Per Beskow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	559
36 St Botulph: An English Saint in Scandinavia John Toy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	565
37 Christianisation in Estonia: A Process of Dual-Faith and Syncretism Heiki Valk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	571
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	581

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November 26, 2002

eBook ISBN:

9781846150586

Original publisher:

York Medieval Press

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605

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37 b/w, 106 line illus.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781846150586

eBook ISBN: 9781846150586

Keywords for this book

Christianity adoption; northern Europe; conversion process; northern peoples' reactions; Christian message; alliances; adaptation of Christian ethos; society; farmers; smiths; princes; women; cultural change

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Professional and scholarly;

The Cross Goes North

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