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The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and...By Anders Winroth HC
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Series
- N/A
- Full Title: The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants,
- and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe
- Unit Type
- oz
- ISBN-10
- 0300170262
- Personalized
- No
- Educational Level
- Adult & Further Education, University
- MPN
- N/A
- Level
- Intermediate, Advanced
- Features
- 1st Edition, Notes, Bibliography, Index, Maps, Notes on Names and Translations
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Unit Quantity
- 1
- California Prop 65 Warning
- N/A
- ISBN
- 9780300170269
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300170262
ISBN-13
9780300170269
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109063070
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Conversion of Scandinavia : Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe
Subject
Christian Church / Growth, Christian Church / History, Europe / Scandinavia, Commerce, General, Economic Conditions, Economics / General, History, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Business & Economics, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2.4 in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2011-019106
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"Winroth's latest publication is extremely organized and well-written. It is highly recommended for students of the Middle Ages, those interested in Viking culture or the power of conversion. This work would also be an excellent secondary source on an undergraduate syllabus relating to Church history. It is well-researched and sourced, containing over twenty pages of bibliographic material for further study."-Robert P. Russo, Catholic Books Review, "Winroth's latest publication is extremely organized and well-written. It is highly recommended for students of the Middle Ages, those interested in Viking culture or the power of conversion. This work would also be an excellent secondary source on an undergraduate syllabus relating to Church history. It is well-researched and sourced, containing over twenty pages of bibliographic material for further study."- Robert P. Russo, Catholic Books Review, Winner of the 2013 Gustav Ranis International Book Prize awarded by the MacMillan Center at Yale University., "Anders Winroth's The Conversion of Scandinavia provides much material to ponder as well as a great deal of information. His meticulous gathering of materials opens new avenues for consideration, while his thoughtful survey of the material will provide guidance for anyone interested in the topic and period."-Benjamin Hudson, The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures , "Anders Winroth's The Conversion of Scandinavia provides much material to ponder as well as a great deal of information. His meticulous gathering of materials opens new avenues for consideration, while his thoughtful survey of the material will provide guidance for anyone interested in the topic and period."--Benjamin Hudson, The Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures , "Winroth (Yale), an authority on medieval canon law, has penned a literate, intelligent synthesis of how economic change in Scandinavia during the Viking Age (780-1100) led to the reception of Christianity. . . . Scholars and students alike will read this work with profit. Excellent bibliography."-K.W. Harl, Choice, "Historical writing does not get any better than this vivid, masterly and profoundly original account of a transformation not only fascinating in itself but of real and enduring importance in the shaping of Europe."- R.I. Moore, University of Newcastle upon Tyne , "Winroth's is a fresh take on the Vikings, showing people with agency and voices. Sometimes violent, they preferred negotiation. Gift-getting and gift-giving drove their politics. When, in the centuries around 1000, Scandinavians opted into Europe, Christianity was a gift they chose." -Jinty Nelson, Professor Emerita, King's College London , "Winroth takes us directly into the imaginative world of pre-Christian Scandinavia through its vivid poetry; and into the ambitions and sophistication of its leaders, through the most up-to-date archaeology. He rewrites the history of the coming of Christianity to Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland. In doing this, he has added a new and challenging chapter to the well-known story of the birth of Christian Europe." -Peter Brown, Princeton University, "This is a very significant contribution that stands out among the crowded field of Viking history. Admirably balancing the expected features of a survey work with a new orientation, Winroth does a superb job of uniting the history of the Norse in the East (Russia and the Byzantine and Arab world) with the history of the Scandinavian homeland and its expansion to the West." -Anthony Perron, Loyola Marymount University
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
948/.022
Synopsis
In this book a MacArthur Award-winning scholar argues for a radically new interpretation of the conversion of Scandinavia from paganism to Christianity in the early Middle Ages. Overturning the received narrative of Europe's military and religious conquest and colonization of the region, Anders Winroth contends that rather than acting as passive recipients, Scandinavians converted to Christianity because it was in individual chieftains' political, economic, and cultural interests to do so. Through a painstaking analysis and historical reconstruction of both archeological and literary sources, and drawing on scholarly work that has been unavailable in English, Winroth opens up new avenues for studying European ascendency and the expansion of Christianity in the medieval period.
LC Classification Number
HF3640.W56 2011
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