Chrystianizacja Połabia i Pomorza (X–XII w.).
Christianisation of Polabia and Pomerania (tenth–twelfth centuries).
An outline of the process, the missionary strategy and practice. Part I
Author(s): Stanisław RosikContributor(s): Agnieszka Tokarczuk (Translator)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Cultural history, History of Church(es), Middle Ages, Theology and Religion, 6th to 12th Centuries, History of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Christianization of the Slavs;medieval historiography;religious syncretism;
Summary/Abstract: This paper outlines the processes of Christianisation taking place in Polabia and Pomerania between the tenth and twelfth centuries. It looks at actions aimed at converting the communities and subsuming them under the structures of church organisation, closely related to the monarchy. These were shown on the basis of accounts that originated in milieus involved in the Slavonic missions: The Chronicle by Thietmar, the Bishop of Merseburg (d. 1018); The Chronicle of the Slavs by Helmold of Bosau (d. 1177); and the hagiography of St Otto of Bamberg (d. 1139), composed during two decades after his death and including St Otto’s report on his first Baltic mission from 1125.
Journal: Historia Slavorum Occidentis
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 68-88
- Page Count: 21
- Language: Polish