Medieval Christianity in the North : new studies /
Salonen, Kirsi,editor.
Jensen, Kurt Villads,editor.
Jørgensen, Torstein,1951-editor.
Such condescending impressions about the peoples living at the 'end of the world' have been adapted by Scandinavian historians who, until recently, have stressed the isolation and the otherness of the North, and ignored the many similarities to the 'culturally more developed' Europe. This collection of articles by Nordic scholars is truly interdisciplinary, covering philology, history, archaeology, theology, and other approaches. It is divided into two parts, the first of which addresses conversion from a broad perspective, while the second is devoted to the consolidation of Christianity and ecclesiastical structures. The book investigates from a fresh viewpoint important aspects of Nordic Christianity in the Middle Ages and discusses to what extent ideas and institutions were adapted to local circumstances. It includes a variety of topics, from the remnants of paganism, medieval saints cults, law, and church, to religious warfare, and the use of beer in cult and memory.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Remnants of Old Norse heathendom in popular religion in Christian times / Else Mundal -- Early ecclesiastical organization of Scandinavia, especially Sweden / Stefan Brink -- Canonical observance in Norway in the Middle Ages: the observance of dietary regulations / Sæbjørg Walaker Nordeide and Jennifer R. McDonald -- Wine and beer in medieval Scandinavia / Lars Bisgaard -- Martyrs, total war and heavenly horses: Scandinavia as centre and periphery in the expansion of medieval Christendom / Kurt Villads Jensen -- The making of new cultural landscapes in the medieval Baltic / Torben Kjersgaard Nielsen -- The emerging Birgittine movement and the first steps towards the canonization of Saint Birgitta of Sweden / Claes Gejrot -- Forbidden marital strategies: papal marriage dispensations for Scandinavian couples in the later Middle Ages / Kirsi Salonen -- 'He grabbed his axe and gave Thore a blow to his head': late medieval clerical violence in Norway as treated according to canon and civil laws / Torstein Jørgensen -- The Lars Vit case: a fragmentary example of Swedish ecclesiastical legal practice and sexual mentality at the beginning of the fifteenth century / Bertil Nilsson -- Concluding remarks / Patrick Geary.
Such condescending impressions about the peoples living at the 'end of the world' have been adapted by Scandinavian historians who, until recently, have stressed the isolation and the otherness of the North, and ignored the many similarities to the 'culturally more developed' Europe. This collection of articles by Nordic scholars is truly interdisciplinary, covering philology, history, archaeology, theology, and other approaches. It is divided into two parts, the first of which addresses conversion from a broad perspective, while the second is devoted to the consolidation of Christianity and ecclesiastical structures. The book investigates from a fresh viewpoint important aspects of Nordic Christianity in the Middle Ages and discusses to what extent ideas and institutions were adapted to local circumstances. It includes a variety of topics, from the remnants of paganism, medieval saints cults, law, and church, to religious warfare, and the use of beer in cult and memory.
Christianity
Church history