Author

Publication

2021 - Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter

Language

English

Word Count

29,500 words, Guess

Page Count

118 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781433184314
  • ISBN-101433184311
  • Library of Congress Control Number2020054366
  • OCLC Control Number1223015642
  • Better World Books9781433184314
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCBR854.D73 2021
  • LCCBR854 .D73 2021

Description

"This book addresses the conversion of the Wends, and how Christian writers of the tenth and eleventh centuries perceived the submission of the Wends to the Christian faith. The main concern of the ecclesiastical authorities was to bring the apostate Wends back into the imperium Christianum.: everyone who had accepted Christian baptism had to be prevented by all possible means from religious and political apostasy. More widely, the formation of a Christian identity is an excellent example of how conversion was a fluid set of propositions, discussed and rehearsed, influenced by many factors (not just canonical), and deployed in many contexts. This book's task is to unravel how this dynamism played out against a marginal group"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Christian Identity Formation Across the Elbe in the Tenth and Eleventh CenturiesLang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter2021

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!