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This book provides a scholarly and accessible resource for students and researchers interested in transhistorical methods of conversion, the history of Christianity, Early Medieval paganism, colonial religious encounters, and the nature of religious conversion.
List of contents
Introduction / The Kingdom of the Franks / The Early SaxonsEarly Franco-Saxon Conflict / Old Saxon Paganism / Confronting Paganism and the Foundations of the Early German Church / The Makings of a Crusade, 772–777 / The Rise and Fall of Widukind, 777–785 / The Northern Campaigns, 786–804 / Turbulent Frontiers / Saxons in the Age of Louis the Pious / Christianization in Saxony under the Late Carolingians / Stellinga and Beyond / Conclusion
About the author
Joshua M. Cragle has an MSc in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Amsterdam, where he conducted research on historical and contemporary Germanic/Norse paganism. He formerly worked as a Social Science Field Researcher for the University of Michigan as well as taught history in China. His previous publications primarily concern philosophy, Early Medieval religion, and paganism and can be found in The Pomegranate and Journal of Thought. He currently works at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
Summary
This book provides a scholarly and accessible resource for students and researchers interested in transhistorical methods of conversion, the history of Christianity, Early Medieval paganism, colonial religious encounters, and the nature of religious conversion.
