Medievalists.net » Conversion http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Who Were The Celts? The British Museum Offers Answers with New Exhibition http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/28/who-were-the-celts-the-british-museum-offers-answers-with-new-exhibition/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/28/who-were-the-celts-the-british-museum-offers-answers-with-new-exhibition/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:51:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=61384 The British Museum just opened its latest exhibit, Celts: Art and Identity this past Thursday, covering 2,500 years of Celtic history. The exhibit explores Celtic identity and how it eveolved from the time of the Ancient Greeks to the present through art, culture, daily life, religion and politics.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/09/28/who-were-the-celts-the-british-museum-offers-answers-with-new-exhibition/feed/ 0 How Christianity came to Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/12/how-christianity-came-to-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/12/how-christianity-came-to-europe/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2015 22:02:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59596 During the Middle Ages nearly all the lands of Europe converted to Christianity. In this short guide, we take a look at how various lands adopted Christianity, including by means of missionary efforts, politics and warfare.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/27/katherine-of-alexandria-decline-of-an-empire/feed/ 0 Christianisation of the Piast Monarchy in the 10th and 11th Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/14/christianisation-of-the-piast-monarchy-in-the-10th-and-11th-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/14/christianisation-of-the-piast-monarchy-in-the-10th-and-11th-centuries/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2015 04:39:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57607 Which facts testify to the beginning of the Christianisation process of a given country and which ones indicate its conclusion?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/14/christianisation-of-the-piast-monarchy-in-the-10th-and-11th-centuries/feed/ 0 ‘Forget Your People and Your Father’s House’: Teresa de Cartagena and the Converso Identity http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/03/forget-people-fathers-house-teresa-de-cartagena-converso-identity/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/03/forget-people-fathers-house-teresa-de-cartagena-converso-identity/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:32:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54586 Religion is a very important factor to take into consideration in discussions about the identity of the conversos [converts] or New Christians, an emerging group in 15th-century Castile.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/12/03/forget-people-fathers-house-teresa-de-cartagena-converso-identity/feed/ 0 A Created Enemy: ‘Barbarians’ in spite of Religious Conversion. Visigoths and Byzantines in 6th-Century Iberia http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/created-enemy-barbarians-spite-religious-conversion-visigoths-byzantines-6th-century-iberia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/created-enemy-barbarians-spite-religious-conversion-visigoths-byzantines-6th-century-iberia/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2014 02:05:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54524 This study approaches the concept of resistance as a tool for historical analysis during Roman Late Antiquity, especially with respect to the identity construction and the creation of physical or mental borders between Byzantines and Barbarians.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/created-enemy-barbarians-spite-religious-conversion-visigoths-byzantines-6th-century-iberia/feed/ 0 Fast and Feast – Christianization through the Regulation of Everyday Life http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/fast-feast-christianization-regulation-everyday-life/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/fast-feast-christianization-regulation-everyday-life/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2014 21:17:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52398 This article will illustrate that an important part of rulers’ wish to create a Christian society was the introduction of Christian legislation.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/fast-feast-christianization-regulation-everyday-life/feed/ 0 Christianity and the Latin tradition in early Medieval Ireland http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/christianity-latin-tradition-early-medieval-ireland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/christianity-latin-tradition-early-medieval-ireland/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:47:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52272 The Christianity which arrived in Ireland with the fifth-century missionaries was more than just a literate religion; it was very much a religion of the book.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/christianity-latin-tradition-early-medieval-ireland/feed/ 0 Hungary’s Conversion to Christianity: The Establishment of Hungarian Statehood and its Consequences to the Thirteenth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/hungarys-conversion-christianity-establishment-hungarian-statehood-consequences-thirteenth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/hungarys-conversion-christianity-establishment-hungarian-statehood-consequences-thirteenth-century/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:21:06 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52242 The Carpathian Basin occupies a peculiar place in history. It was the ground where Roman-Germanic world met that of the Slavs and mounted nomad peoples, where no group had achieved sustained unity before the state of Hungary was founded.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/01/hungarys-conversion-christianity-establishment-hungarian-statehood-consequences-thirteenth-century/feed/ 0 Conversion on the Scaffold: Italian Practices in European Context http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/23/conversion-scaffold-italian-practices-european-context/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/23/conversion-scaffold-italian-practices-european-context/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2014 13:05:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52049 11 January 1581 was a fine day in Rome. That morning, Michel de Montaigne, recently arrived in the city, had gone out on horseback when he encountered a procession accompanying a condemned man to execution. Montaigne stopped to watch the sight.

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