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The Conversion of Russia to Christianity in the Light of Greek Missionary Activity among the Slavs
November 2, 2011 By
Was Cnut a True Christian, or Just a Shrewd Politician?
September 14, 2011 By
Was Cnut a True Christian, or Just a Shrewd Politician? By David R. Hathaway Colloquia, Vol.25 (2004) Introduction: The Christian church, which had been an integral part of the political and national life of England when Cnut became king in 11016, must have been uncomfortable with a foreign conqueror whose Christian antecedents were suspect. The […]
The Conversion of the Vikings in Ireland from a Comparative Perspective
September 8, 2011 By
Perpetuus Rex Norvegiae and Pyratarum Dux: Olaf Haraldsson’s Conversion of Norway and The Presence of Norman Power in Northern Europe
September 4, 2011 By
Perpetuus Rex Norvegiae and Pyratarum Dux: Olaf Haraldsson’s Conversion of Norway and The Presence of Norman Power in Northern Europe By Rachael Kerrigan Ex Post Facto, Vol.18 (2009) Introduction: Gladly I saw the glorious / Gold-ring-dealer’s men there / Busked in cold steel byrnie- / Bated not the sword-din; / But my black hair hid […]
The beast within? Breaching human-animal boundaries in Anglo-Saxon paganism
August 27, 2011 By
Animals feature widely in early Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian culture; both domestic and wild species are recovered in varying proportions from archaeological contexts, they appear in later literature, in personal names, and dominate indigenous art in the latter half of the the first millennium AD.
From Islam to Christianity: Urban Changes in Medieval Portuguese Cities
August 2, 2011 By
From Islam to Christianity: Urban Changes in Medieval Portuguese Cities Trindade,Luísa Religion and Power in Europe : Conflict and Convergence (Pisa, 2007) Abstract Abstract Focusing on the Islamic urban pattern in the actual Portuguese territory, the present study underlines the confrontation with the Christian urban model in the period post- Reconquista. Emphasizing both the complexity […]
Conversion Anxieties in the Crown of Aragón in the Later Middle Ages
August 1, 2011 By
Conversion Anxieties in the Crown of Aragón in the Later Middle Ages RODRIGUEZ, JARBEL Al-Masa ̄q, Vol. 22, No. 3, December (2010) Abstract The conversion of Christians to Islam caused significant anxiety in the Crown of Arago ́n in the later middle ages. Some of this fear was caused by genuine concern over the eternal salvation […]
Christian kings and Jewish conversion in the medieval Crown of Aragon
August 1, 2011 By
As Christian monarchs in the age of crusade and reconquista, the kings of the medieval Crown of Aragon had no choice but to show public support for Jewish conversion to Christianity, issuing legislation meant to encourage conversion and granting favors to individual converts
Marriage across frontiers: sexual mixing, power and identity in medieval Iberia
August 1, 2011 By
Marriage across frontiers: sexual mixing, power and identity in medieval Iberia Barton, Simon Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, March (2011) Abstract This article explores the functions that interfaith marriages and other sexual liaisons fulfilled within the overall dynamic of Christian–Muslim relations in the medieval Iberian Peninsula. While in the aftermath of the […]
When did the Dominicans Arrive in Tallinn?
July 23, 2011 By
When did the Dominicans Arrive in Tallinn? Tamm, Marek Tuna, No.4 (2009) Abstract It is difficult to overestimate the significance of the Order of Preachers in the history of Estonia’s Christianization. It was the first religious order to establish a permanent foothold on the territory of Estonia and spent centuries conducting its mission work among […]
Pagans by Comparisons: Medieval Christian and Muslim Constructions of the Pagan “Other”
July 23, 2011 By
Pagans by Comparisons: Medieval Christian and Muslim Constructions of the Pagan “Other” Busalacchi, Philip Perspectives: A Journal of Historical Inquiry, Vol.37 (2010) Introduction: During the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries German and Danish clergymen and knights set off on a crusade to the lands of the eastern Baltic Sea into the modern day Latvia. Henricus […]
A Swedish Crusader King as Russian Orthodox Saint on the Valamo Archipelago?
July 23, 2011 By
A Swedish Crusader King as Russian Orthodox Saint on the Valamo Archipelago? Lind, John H. (University of Southern Denmark, Odense) University of Paris, Sorbonne, Cahiers slaves n°7, March 21 (2005) Abstract In 1347 King Magnus Eriksson of Sweden undertook a crusade against Novgorodian territory. In this he was inspired by the powerful aristocrat Birgitta Birgersdaughter, […]
Pacifism and Crusade in Ramon Llull
July 22, 2011 By
Pacifism and Crusade in Ramon Llull Ensenyat, Gabriel (Department of Catalan Philology, Universitat de les Illes Balears) Quaderns de la Mediterrània, Vol.9 (2008) Abstract One of the aspects of Ramon Llull that has usually been emphasised is the peaceful nature of his missionary projects. However, it is also true that the Blessed Ramon expressed the […]
W PRZEŹROCZU SYMBOLU GRUNWALDZKIEGO
July 16, 2011 By
W PRZEŹROCZU SYMBOLU GRUNWALDZKIEGO Lisowska, Kinga , Marchlewski, Szymon Pracownia Wydawnicza „ElSet”, Olsztyn (2010) Abstract „W przeźroczu symbolu grunwaldzkiego” to polsko-litewski projekt, który został zrealizowany w ramach Programu „Grunwald” Narodowe- go Centrum Kultury od 15 kwietnia do 15 grudnia 2010 r. przez Pol- skie Towarzystwo Historyczne Oddział w Olsztynie, Wydział Humani- styczny Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie oraz Sekcję Studencką […]
Na znak świetnego zwycięstwa
July 16, 2011 By
Na znak świetnego zwycięstwa Ostrowski, Jan Wawel: Grunwald 1410-2010,Dodatek Specjalny, 29 Kwietnia (2010) Abstract 8 maja roku 1410 Władysław Jagiełło wyruszył z Wawelu na wojenny pochód, który miał go zaprowadzić pod Grunwald. 5 lipca 1410 r. sto- czono sławną bitwę. 25 listopada 1411 roku chorągwie zdobyte na Krzyżakach zostały złożone przy grobie św. Stani- sława w […]
Slavery and Conversion of the Slaves to Islam in the Ottoman Society
June 12, 2011 By
Slavery and Conversion of the Slaves to Islam in the Ottoman Society: According to the Canonical Registers of Bursa between XVth and XVIIIth Centuries By Osman Cetin UÜ İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol.10:1 (2001) Introduction: In Bursa as well as in other cities of Anatolia, among the groups who had converted to Islam, the slaves occupied an […]
Legal Status of Jewish Converts to Christianity in Southern Italy and Provence
June 12, 2011 By
Legal Status of Jewish Converts to Christianity in Southern Italy and Provence By Nadia Zeldes California Italian Studies Journal, Vol.1:1 (2010) Abstract: The presence of large numbers of unassimilated Jewish converts to Christianity in southern Italy and southern France in the later Middle Ages led to the creation of a legal anomaly as the neofiti […]
The Inquisitor and the Jewish Mother: The Role of Food in Creation of Converso Identity in Inquisition Spain
June 12, 2011 By
Peppered with a great deal of wit and humor, Don Quixote is a unique portrait of the cultural, social and political landscape of Spain at the turn of the seventeenth century.
Gylfaginning and Early Medieval Conversion Theory
March 29, 2011 By
Gylfaginning and Early Medieval Conversion Theory By Christopher Abram Saga-Book, Vol. 33 (2009) Introduction: Snorra Edda’s attitude towards pagan religion, and its possible antecedents in medieval Christian thought, have been the subject of much debate. For the most part, these discussions have centred on the Prologue to Snorra Edda, although Gylfaginning and the early parts […]
A catastrophe remembered: a meteorite impact of the fifth century AD in the Abruzzo, central Italy
February 27, 2011 By
A catastrophe remembered: a meteorite impact of the fifth century AD in the Abruzzo, central Italy Roberto Santilli, , Jens Ormo, Angelo P. Rossi, Goro Komatsu Antiquity, Volume: 77 Number: 296 (2003) Abstract A meteorite impact crater in the Sirente mountains, central Abruzzo has recently been dated to the four/fifth century AD. The author shows that […]
UN-CAGING MEANING IN JOHN CAPGRAVE’S LIFE OF SAINT KATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA: BODIES AND BRIDES OF CHRIST
February 14, 2011 By
UN-CAGING MEANING IN JOHN CAPGRAVE’S LIFE OF SAINT KATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA: BODIES AND BRIDES OF CHRIST Geldenhuys, Katharine Leigh Phd Thesis (University of the Free State) Abstract Katherine of Alexandria, one of the most popular saints of the Middle Ages, was acclaimed for her great learning. This investigation focuses on the fraught relationship between knowledge, the […]
The Conversion of Lithuania 1387
February 13, 2011 By
The foundation of the bishopric in Vilnius in 1387, marked by the presence of Jogaila (1350-1434) to assist in teaching the fundamental tenets of the faith, was a decisive, moment in the history of the Lithuanian people. I
Power and Conversion – a Comparative Study of Christianization in Scandinavia
January 29, 2010 By
This book examines the Christianization of Scandinavia with the help of comparative material from Anglo-Saxon England, Old Frisia and Old Saxony.
Christianization of Norway
November 24, 2009 By
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