Historical Narratives and Christian Identity on a European Periphery: Early History Writing in Northern, East-Central, and Eastern Europe (C. 1070-1200)

by Garipzanov, Ildar H.

• ISBN13: 9782503533674
• ISBN10: 2503533671
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-26
• Publisher: Isd

Summary

Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe is a series which opens up a dedicated forum for comparative work on northern European medieval literature, history, and society and their significance in the modern world. It promotes dialogue between anglophone and continental medievalists and addresses the need for transcultural perspectives on Europe's medieval origins in a way that is distinctive both in scope and in academic orientation. The focus is on the medieval texts and cultures of the British Isles, northern and central mainland Europe, and Scandinavia. The chronological range of the series is from c. 800 AD to c 1600 ad. Each volume makes available to an international readership excellent new work, offering ways of reading texts, cultures, and. institutions that speak to the contemporary world.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	p. vii
List of Contributors	p. xi
Introduction: History Writing and Christian Identity on a European Periphery	p. 1
Christianity and Paganism in Adam of Bremen's Narrative	p. 13
Early Scandinavian Historical Narratives in Latin
Two Early Twelfth-Century Views of Denmark's Christian Past: Ailnoth and the Anonymous of Roskilde	p. 33
Historia Norwegie and Sven Aggesen: Two Pioneers in Comparison	p. 57
Theodoricus Monachus: The Kingdom of Norway and the History of Salvation	p. 71
Early Scandinavian Historical Narratives in Old Norse
The Two Ages in Ágrip afNdregs konunga sqgum	p. 93
Íslendingabok: The Creation of an Icelandic Christian Identity	p. 111
Whetting the Appetite for a Vernacular Literature: The Icelandic Hungrvaka	p. 123
Early Historical Narratives in East-Central Europe
A New Chosen People? Gallus Anonymus's Narrative about Poland and its Rulers	p. 145
Christian Identity in the Chronicle of the Czechs by Cosmas of Prague	p. 167
'Morepaganismo': Reflections on the Pagan and Christian Past in the Gesta Hungarorum of the Hungarian Anonymous Notary	p. 183
Early Historical Narratives in Eastern Europe
Christian Chronology, Universal History, and the Origin of Chronicle Writing in Rus'	p. 205
Pagan Past and Christian Identity in the Primary Chronicle	p. 229
Christian Identity in the Early Novgorodian Annalistic Writing	p. 255
Index	p. 277
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