| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 258 pages) |
| Series |
Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West |
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Church, faith, and culture in the Medieval West.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Ansgar's Predecessors; 2 The Conquest of Saxony and Ebo's Mission to the Danes; 4 Ansgar's Failure in the North, 834-848; 5 Ansgar, Bremen and the Pallium, 848-864; 6 Rimbert and the Vita Anskarii; Conclusion; Appendix Peripheral Questions for the Early History of the Northern Mission; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Ansgar and Rimbert, ninth-century bishops, missionaries, and fixtures of early medieval history, were clever forgers who wove a complex tapestry of myths about themselves and the diocese that came to be centered at Hamburg and Bremen. This book is the first to overturn the scholarly consensus on the basic reliability of the early sources for their northern missions. In so doing it revises our understanding of Carolingian expansion after Charlemagne, and provides valuable new insight into the political and ecclesiastical history of early medieval Europe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ansgar, Saint, Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen, approximately 801-865.
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Rimbert, Saint, Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen, approximately 830-888. Vita Anskarii
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| SUBJECT |
Ansgar, Saint, Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen, approximately 801-865 fast |
| Subject |
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremen fast |
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Vita Anskarii (Rimbert, Saint, Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen) fast |
| Subject |
Missions -- Europe, Northern -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
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Missions -- Middle Ages
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| SUBJECT |
Europe, Northern -- Church history
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| Subject |
Northern Europe
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Church history
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011005818 |
| ISBN |
9781409428831 |
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1409428834 |
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1317180542 |
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9781317180548 |
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1283281988 |
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9781283281980 |
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9786613281982 |
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6613281980 |
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1317180550 |
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9781317180555 |
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