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    The Christianization of Scandinavia, as well as other Nordic countries and the Baltic countries, took place between the 8th and the 12th centuries. The...
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    Islands Christianization of the Basque people Christianization of Iceland Christianization of Scandinavia Christianization of Finland Christianization of Kievan...
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    body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and...
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    Scandinavia came later than most parts of Europe. In Denmark Harald Bluetooth Christianized the country around 965. The process of Christianization began...
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    intention was to get hold of the rich gifts accompanying the Christianization rituals. The date and rationale for the Christianization are also shrouded in...
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    gradual Christianization in the course of late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. By AD 700, England and Francia were officially Christian, and by 1100...
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    Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. Scandinavia most...
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  • The lifetime of the Younger Futhark corresponds roughly to the Viking Age. Their use declined after the Christianization of Scandinavia; most writing...
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    during the Viking Age, when, in the face of the process of the Christianization of Scandinavia, emblems of his hammer, Mjölnir, were worn and Norse pagan...
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    medieval Christians with the beginnings of what led to modern science and the scientific revolution in the West. Christianization of Scandinavia (Sweden...
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    The Christianization of Bohemia refers to the spread of the Christian religion in the lands of medieval Bohemia. As in many other countries, Christianity...
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  • and pre-Christianization practice was slowly being replaced. The Frankish state under the Merovingian dynasty had many of the characteristics of Germanic...
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    Vlasto 1970, p. 208. Berend, Nora, ed. (2007). Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus' c. 900–1200. Cambridge...
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    the year 500 A.D. up until the Christianization of Scandinavia (by the 13th century), these large halls were vital parts of the political center. They were...
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    king of Denmark, England and Norway. The Christianization of Scandinavia resulted in "consolidated" kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, and by the end of the...
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    Blood eagle (category European instruments of torture)
    several hundred years after the Christianization of Scandinavia. In the 1970s, Alfred Smyth supported the historicity of the rite, stating that it is clearly...
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    Gosforth Cross (category Sculptures of the Crucifixion of Jesus)
    combination of Christian symbols with Nordic symbols, being a tangible piece of evidence of the impact of the Christianization of Scandinavia. The Gosforth...
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    The Christianization of Moravia refers to the spread of the Christian religion in the lands of medieval Moravia (Great Moravia). What modern historians...
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  • work of the genre. A music video was made for "One Rode to Asa Bay." Quorthon dedicated the song "One Rode to Asa Bay", about the Christianization of Scandinavia...
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    between the clans due to the importance of kinship. As central government gradually was established in Scandinavia, the ætt lost its relevance for commoners...
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  • Age they were committed to writing, mostly by Christian monks after the Christianization of Scandinavia. Initially, they were geographically limited to...
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    ISBN 978-1-906716-18-9. Berend, Nora (2007). Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus' c. 900–1200. Cambridge...
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    inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia and the consolidation...
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    compulsory. Ari Thorgilsson's Book of the Icelanders, the oldest indigenous account of Iceland's Christianization describes how Icelanders agreed to convert...
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  • slain in the Battle of the Winwaed and Mercia became officially Christian for the first time. The death of Penda also allowed Cenwalh of Wessex to return...
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    pendants in the course of the Christianization of Scandinavia from the 8th to 9th century. After the Roman Empire became Christianized, mythological narratives...
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    Proto-Indo-European mythology. Archaeological remains, such as petroglyphs in Scandinavia, suggest continuity in Germanic mythology since at least the Nordic Bronze...
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    Christianization of the Franks was the process of converting the pagan Franks to Catholicism during the late 5th century and early 6th century. It was...
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  • Persecution of Germanic Pagans may refer to: Christianisation of the Germanic peoples Christianization of Scandinavia Suppression of esoteric groups in...
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    Geats (redirect from Country of the Geats)
    settlement of Britain included many North Germanic people who were losers in the brutal tribal warfare of Scandinavia. The place-name -gate marks the site of Geatish...
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