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- Silence of the Gods : The Untold History of Europe's Pagan Peoples
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Silence of the Gods : The Untold History of Europe's Pagan Peoples
ISBN: 9781009586573
Autorius : Francis Young
Leidimo metai: 2025
Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
Puslapių skaičius: 456
Leidinio kalba: Anglų
Formatas: Kieti viršeliai
Autorius : Francis Young
Leidimo metai: 2025
Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
Puslapių skaičius: 456
Leidinio kalba: Anglų
Formatas: Kieti viršeliai
Aprašymas
The formal conversion to Christianity in 1387 of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania seemingly marked the end of Europe's last 'pagan' peoples. But the reality was different. At the margins, often under the radar, around the dusky edgelands, pre-Christian religions endured and indeed continued to flourish for an astonishing five centuries. Silence of the Gods tells, for the first time, the remarkable story of these forgotten peoples: belated adopters of Christian belief on the outer periphery of Christendom, from the Sámi of the frozen north to the Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians around the Baltic, as well as the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia's Volga-Ural Plain. These communities, Dr Young reveals, responded creatively to Christianity's challenge, but for centuries stopped short of embracing it. His book addresses why this was so, uncovering stories of fierce resistance, unlikely survival and considerable ingenuity. He revolutionises understandings of the lost religions of the last pagans.
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