Conversion and Cultural Memory in Medieval Iceland

Bibliographic Data

ID3351349
AuthorsSverrir Jakobsson (0000-0003-0061-8874, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume88
Issue1
Pages1-26
Publication date2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChurch History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0009640719000507
OpenAlexW2946124879
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

Christianization was an important and traumatic event that became embedded in the cultural memory of Icelanders. Through the reconstruction of this event in historical narratives, there was an ongoing debate on the identity of Icelanders as a group as the cultural heritage of this group was institutionalized and cultivated by particular organizations and individuals. This is reflected in very different emphasis on individual agents in this process, which can be found in various historical works composed between 1070 and 1330. The general trend is that the narrative became more inclusive for a larger group with each major version, as the leading role passed from the Archbishop to a select group of few leading families to a larger group including leaders from all parts of Iceland and, finally, to the general population, the humble as well as the mighty

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Archbishop · Art · Christianity · Christianization · Cultural memory · Event (particle physics) · Genealogy · Group (periodic table) · Historical memory · Humanities · Identity (music) · Literature · Narrative · Population · Sociology · Anthropology · Classics · Demography · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Medieval Literature and History

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