Publication details
How Northern European Pagans Became Christians: A Typology of Reasons for Acceptance of Baptism in Medieval and Modern Literary Sources
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | THE POMEGRANATE |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Web | https://journal.equinoxpub.com/POM/article/view/21455 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/pome.21455. |
| Keywords | Christianization of Europe; Christian missions; pre-Christian Europe; ancient Paganism; religion and violence |
| Description | The article analyzes the course and methods of the spread of Christianity in medieval and early modern Europe, particularly the politically and ethnically fragmented areas of the northern half of the continent. Based on a study of contemporary literary sources, it presents a typology of the ways in which conversion to Christianity was achieved and the reasons why the natives were willing to accept a change of religion. |