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- Janson, Henrik, 1964
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Christianisations in Scandinavia
- 2023
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In: Mass Conversions to Christianity and Islam, 800–1100 / Tsvetelin Stepanov, Osman Karatay (eds.). - Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature). - 9783031344282 ; , s. 45-76
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- For a very long time, the Christianisation of Scandinavia was considered a rather uncomplicated affair. After of prelude in the ninth to the eleventh century, where the ecclesiastical organisation was developed largely under the archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen, the three Scandinavian kingdoms became three different church provinces in the 12th century. The Christianity in question was understood as a solid monolithic institution that met a paganism which was perceived as a just as monolithic pre-Christian religious culture. These categories have become increasingly problematised in recent scholarship. They were both shaped by nineteenth century nationalism and imperialism, answering to the need for an organic origin for each nation and for legitimation of the idealistic state. While there is not yet any generally accepted new approach to the pre-Christian, pagan, religion in the North, the understanding of Christianity has changed fundamentally in recent research. Early Christianity in Scandinavia had many faces. It was over one thousand years old when Scandinavia became a separate Church province ca. 1103. By then it had been rolling around Europe in many waves and many directions, and consisted of many coexisting layers, some of which are yet poorly known and understood.
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