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The Germanization of early medieval Christianity : a sociohistorical approach to religious transformation / James C. Russell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russell, James C., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Christian sociology--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Christian sociology.
- Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Social history.
- Germanic peoples--Religion.
- Germanic peoples.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study examines how Christianity changed in order to win the allegiance of the Germanic and Anglo-Saxon peoples. The author argues that these Northern peoples were far more resistant to conversion than the disaffected urban populace of the Roman Empire.
- Contents:
- Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Transformations of Christianity; 2. Conversion, Christianization, and Germanization; 3. Sociohistorical Aspects of Religious Transformation; 4. Sociopsychological Aspects of Religious Transformation; 5. Germanic Religiosity and Social Structure; 6. Germanization and Christianization: 376-678; 7. Germanization and Christianization: 678-754; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1994.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773927-X
- 0-19-536030-3
- 1-280-53996-8
- 1-4294-0558-9
- OCLC:
- 476013468
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