Converting the Saxons - A Study of Violence and Religion in Early Medieval Germany

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.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua M. Cragle
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032458977
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3245897-7
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Studies in Medieval Religions and Cultures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / General, RELIGION / History, History of Religion, Medieval History, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE