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The Slavic religion in the light of 11th- and 12th-century German chronicles (Thietmar of Merseburg, Adam of Bremen, Helmold of Bosau) : studies on the Christian Interpretation of Pre-Christian cults and beliefs in the Middle Ages /

"In this volume, Stanisław Rosik focuses on the meaning and significance of Old Slavic religion as presented in three German chronicles (the works of Thietmar of Merseburg, Adam of Bremen, Helmold of Bosau) written during the time of the Christianization of the Western Slavs. The source analyse...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rosik, Stanisław (Autor)
Otros Autores: Tyszkiewicz, Anna (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Colección:East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; v. 60.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Figures and Map
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Interpretatio Christiana of Old Slavic Religion as a Problem in Scholarly Reflection
  • 1 Interpretatio Christiana of Slavic Religion in Scholarly Opinions
  • 1.1 Aleksander Brückner
  • 1.2 Erwin von Wienecke
  • 1.3 Stanisław Urbańczyk
  • 1.4 Henryk Łowmiański
  • 1.5 Leszek Moszyński
  • 1.6 On Interpretatio Christiana: Discussion Addendum and Summary
  • 1.6.1 Christian Interpretation versus the Credibility of Sources on Slavic Religion
  • 1.6.2 Interpretatio Christiana: the Essence of the Phenomenon and Its Constituent Procedures
  • 2 Further Research Perspectives
  • Chapter 2 The Religion of the Slavs in Thietmar's Chronicle
  • 1 Introduction: Thietmar of Merseburg and His Work
  • Excursus: Saturn at the Wagrians (Widukind of Corvey, Res gestae Saxonicae libri tres III, 68)
  • 2 The Religion of the Slavs in Thietmar's Chronicle
  • Historiographical Analysis
  • 2.1 The Holy Spring of the Tribe Glomače
  • 2.2 On Afterlife
  • 2.3 Slavic Religiousness in View of Bishop Boso's Mission
  • 2.4 Uprising of the Polabian Slavs (983)
  • 2.5 The regnum ablatum War between Mieszko I and Boleslav the Pious
  • 2.6 Radogošč
  • 2.6.1 Urbs tricornis, silva et mare
  • Location of the Phanum
  • 2.6.2 Dii manu facti
  • 2.6.3 Svarožic
  • deorum primus
  • 2.6.4 Ministri
  • 2.6.5 The Oracle, Divinations and Auguries
  • 2.6.6 Principalis monarchia
  • 2.6.7 Oath of Peace
  • 2.6.8 Echo of the 983 Rebellion
  • 2.7 Wigbert and Zutibure
  • 2.8 The Third War between Henry II and Boleslav the Brave: Ślęża Mountain and the Liutici Goddesses
  • 2.9 Hennil
  • 2.10 Reinbern and the Religion of Sea-Side Communities under Boleslav the Brave's Rule
  • 2.11 On Funeral Customs of the Slavs
  • 2.12 The Obodrite Pagan Reaction (1018)
  • 3 The Religion of the Slavs in Thietmar's Chronicle
  • Closing Remarks
  • Chapter 3 Adam of Bremen on Slavic Religion
  • 1 Introduction: Adam of Bremen and His Work
  • 2 The Religion of the Slavs in Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum
  • Historiographical Analysis
  • 2.1 Rethra
  • 2.2 Iumne
  • 2.3 The Revolt during the Pontificate of Libentius
  • 2.4 Gottschalks' Times and the Slavic Rebellion of 1066
  • 2.5 Rügen
  • 3 The Religion of the Slavs in the Historical and Theological Vision of Adam of Bremen
  • Chapter 4 Helmoldi Cronica Slavorum on Slavic Religion
  • 1 Helmold and His Chronicle of the Slavs
  • 2 The Religion of the Slavs in Helmold's Chronicle (Text Analysis)
  • 2.1 Slavdom on the Threshold of the Oeuvre
  • 2.2 The First Wave of Christianization
  • 2.2.1 Charlemagne, Anskar, and the Slavs
  • 2.2.2 The Rugians, Svantevit and the Legend of Corvey
  • 2.3 The Second Revolution of the Wheel of History
  • 2.4 From Gottschalk Time Success to the 1066 Rebellion
  • 2.5 The Fourth High and Low Tide of Christianization