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Christianity and war in medieval East Central Europe and Scandinavia /

This collaborative collection provides fresh perspectives on Christianity and the conduct of war in medieval East Central Europe and Scandinavia, investigating the intersection between religion, culture, and warfare in territories that were only integrated into Christendom in the Central Middle Ages...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kotecki, Radosław (Editor ), Jensen, Carsten Selch (Editor ), Bennett, Stephen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, [2021]
Colección:Beyond medieval Europe.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This collaborative collection provides fresh perspectives on Christianity and the conduct of war in medieval East Central Europe and Scandinavia, investigating the intersection between religion, culture, and warfare in territories that were only integrated into Christendom in the Central Middle Ages. The contributors analyze cultures that lay outside Charlemagne's limes and the frontiers of the Byzantine Empire, to consider a region stretching from the Balkans to the south, through Hungary and the Slavic lands (Poland, Bohemia, Rus), to the Baltic coastline with Polabia, Pomerania, Prussia, and Estonia, and reaching into Scandinavia.00The volume considers clerics as military leaders and propagandists, the role of Christian ritual and doctrine in warfare, and the adaptation and transformation of indigenous military cultures. It uncovers new information on perceptions of war and analyzes how local practices were incorporated into clerical narratives, enabling the reader to achieve a complete understanding of the period.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1641891343
9781641891349