Theme:
1. Artefacts, Buildings & Ecofacts
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Early Christianity and Its Impact on Life during the Rise of the First East Central and Northern European Monarchies
Content:
Christianity had a huge impact on human life during the rise of the first European monarchies. It is indisputable. However the conversion to the new religion was not the same everywhere, and there are numerous premises that early medieval societies were partially pagan long after the conversion had been officially completed. Finally, Christianity dominated the lives of both peasants and the nobility.
Our goal is not to re-discuss the issue of the Christianization of individual regions, but to show the complexity of the phenomenon. We would like to discuss different aspects of the "human side" of early Christian times. Human stories, ranging from the stories of ordinary people to the nobility, give a different perspective.
We are looking for contributions that focus on different topics related to the ‘difficult’ time of transition. We are expecting a multidisciplinary approach, therefore we invite archaeologists, historians, anthropologists and those examining human remains. Questions could be related to the pace of Christianisation, cremation and inhumation graves in the time of transition; the oldest Christian graves; chamber graves; peasants and the nobility burials at the time of changes; regionalisation of funeral rites; mobility and diet.
Furthermore, we would like to establish a scientific community beyond EAA 2023 with a view to the exchange of knowledge and experiences.
Keywords:
Early Middle Ages, Viking age, Burial rituals, Chritianization, Pagan traditions
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
no
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
Main organiser:
Slawomir Wadyl (Poland) 1
Co-organisers:
Paweł Szczepanik (Poland) 2
Naďa Profantová (Czech Republic) 3
Affiliations:
1. University of Warsaw
2. Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
3. Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
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