Conversion among the germanic peoples
Editorial BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Espanya peninsular
- Editorial BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
- ISBN13 9780304701551
- ISBN10 0304701556
- Tipus LLIBRE
- Pàgines 214
- Any Edició 1997
- Encuadernació Tela
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Església I HistòriaConversion among the germanic peoples
Editorial BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Espanya peninsular
Detalls del llibre
This book is a study of the process of conversion among the Germanic peoples from the third to eleventh centuries. The intention is twofold: firstly, to examine previous scholarship on conversion and to develop a model of conversion appropriate to the Germanic peoples; and secondly, to produce a comparative study of six Germanic conversions.
Chapter 1 reviews the existing models of conversion developed by scholars in a number of fields, principally psychology, anthropology and religious studies, and develops an alternative model. Chapters 2-7 are case studies which apply this model to the conversions of the Goths, Franks, Anglo-Saxons, continental Saxons, Scandinavians and Icelanders. The final chapter presents in summary form the insights from the case studies.