Conversion and Cultural Memory in Medieval Iceland
Christianization was an important and traumatic event that became embedded in the cultural memory of Icelanders. Through the reconstruction of this event in historical narratives, there was an ongoing debate on the identity of Icelanders as a group as the cultural heritage of this group was institut...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Church history
Year: 2019, Volume: 88, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-26 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iceland
/ Christianization
/ Olaf, I., Norwegen, König 964-1000
/ Hagiography
/ Historiography
/ History 1070-1330
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KCD Hagiography; saints RJ Mission; missiology |
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| Summary: | Christianization was an important and traumatic event that became embedded in the cultural memory of Icelanders. Through the reconstruction of this event in historical narratives, there was an ongoing debate on the identity of Icelanders as a group as the cultural heritage of this group was institutionalized and cultivated by particular organizations and individuals. This is reflected in very different emphasis on individual agents in this process, which can be found in various historical works composed between 1070 and 1330. The general trend is that the narrative became more inclusive for a larger group with each major version, as the leading role passed from the Archbishop to a select group of few leading families to a larger group including leaders from all parts of Iceland and, finally, to the general population, the humble as well as the mighty. |
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| ISSN: | 1755-2613 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0009640719000507 |