Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus' C.900-1200

by Nora Berend

Book Overview

This 2007 text is a comparative, analysis of one of the most fundamental stages in the formation of Europe. Leading scholars explore the role of the spread of Christianity and the formation of new principalities in the birth of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Bohemia, Hungary, Poland and Rus' around the year 1000. Drawing on history, archaeology and art history, and emphasizing problems related to the sources and historiographical debates, they demonstrate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521876168
• ISBN13: 9780521876162
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 460 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"