Before he began his recent travels, it seemed to Phil Zuckerman as if humans all over the
globe were “getting religion”—praising deities, performing holy rites, and soberly defending …

Stephen A. Mitchell here offers the fullest examination available of witchcraft in late medieval
Scandinavia. He focuses on those people believed to be able—and who in some instances …

The conversion to Christianity was a key cultural process that saw the transformation of
Europe from classical to medieval world. The growth of the Church has been closely linked …

This book discusses the role of Christians in the Roman military. Constantine's conversion to
Christianity led to the accelerated Christianization of the Roman army. The result was the …

Ancestor worship is often assumed by contemporary European audiences to be an outdated
and primitive tradition with little relevance to our societies, past and present. This book …

Some years ago a revolution took place in Early Medieval history in Scotland. The Pictish
heartland of Fortriu, previously thought to be centred on Perthshire and the Tay found itself …

This chapter discusses several problems that confront the scholar who tries to better
understand the concept of individuality in early Christian monasticism. Aspects of these …

La vocación universalista del cristianismo aparece como un elemento esencial en su
definición dogmática desde sus orígenes. La culminación del proceso de redención del …

The centuries following the collapse of the Roman Empire saw extraordinary change across
Western Europe-in institutions, social structure, rural and urban life, religion, learning …

This book, the first in our Companions to Medieval Studies series, is a brief introduction to
the history, culture, and religion of the Viking Age and provides an essential foundation for …