Pagan survival and resistance in Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. The Scope of Christianization, 6th to 8th Centuries
Abstract
The Christianization of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms was a complex process, characterized by advances and setbacks. During its course, the Church was forced to develop different strategies to convert the local elites and the subject peasantry by way of linking elements, sacred sites and pagan practices with Christian ones, favoring their symbolic modification. In this article, our aim is to analyze the multiple ways in which Anglo-Saxon paganism resisted and survived through artistic representations, rites, traditions, objects and hagiographic texts, these latter specifically elaborated to spread the cults of the saints, and to attract both donations and followers of the different monastic houses that were populating the landscape.Downloads
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