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"Personal Jesus": Adam of Bremen and 'Private' Churches in Scandinavia During the Early Conversion Period
In modern research it is customary to describe the 50s and the 60s of eleventh century as a first phase of the struggle for independence by the local churches in Scandinavia. All of them were officially subordinated to the church of Hamburg-Bremen, even if some of them found themselves under the influence of the Anglo-Saxon church. However, careful reading of Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae Pontificum indicates that in fact the period at the end of the first phase of Christianisation, was a period of personal initiatives by local rulers to control the missions and religious establishments in their lands. These religious initiatives by rulers in 1050s and 1060s turned the control over the local churches into a political tool against unwelcome foreign influences. However, it would be a mistake to try and describe this period as an awakening of a national church movement in Scandinavia for ecclesiastical independence. The kings simply wanted to keep the church subjected only to them.Em pesquisas modernas Ă© costume descrever as dĂ©cada de 50 e 60 do sĂ©culo XI como a primeira fase da luta pela indepen dĂȘncia de igrejas locais na EscandinĂĄvia. Todas elas eram oficialmente subordinadas a igreja de Hamburgo-Bremen, mesmo que algumas delas estivessem sob a influĂȘncia da igreja anglo-saxĂŽnica. PorĂ©m, uma leitura cuidadosa da Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae Pontificum de AdĂŁo de Bremen indica, de fato, que o perĂodo do final da primeira fase da cristianização era um perĂodo de iniciativas pessoais de governantes locais para controlar as missĂ”es e os estabelecimentos religiosos de suas terras. Estas iniciativas religiosas de governantes nos anos 1050s e 1060s tornou o controle sobre igrejas locais em uma ferramenta polĂtica contra a nĂŁo desejada influencia externa. Contudo, seria um erro tentar descrever este perĂodo como um despertar de um movimento nacionalista da igreja escandinava por independĂȘncia clerical. Os reis simplesmente queriam manter a igreja sujeita somente a eles
"Personal Jesus": Adam of Bremen and 'Private' Churches in Scandinavia During the Early Conversion Period
In modern research it is customary to describe the 50s and the 60s of eleventh century as a first phase of the struggle for independence by the local churches in Scandinavia. All of them were officially subordinated to the church of Hamburg-Bremen, even if some of them found themselves under the influence of the Anglo-Saxon church. However, careful reading of Adam of Bremenâs Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae Pontificum indicates that in fact the period at the end of the first phase of Christianisation, was a period of personal initiatives by local rulers to control the missions and religious establishments in their lands. These religious initiatives by rulers in 1050s and 1060s turned the control over the local churches into a political tool against unwelcome foreign influences. However, it would be a mistake to try and describe this period as an awakening of a national church movement in Scandinavia for ecclesiastical independence. The kings simply wanted to keep the church subjected only to them.Em pesquisas modernas Ă© costume descrever as dĂ©cada de 50 e 60 do sĂ©culo XI como a primeira fase da luta pela indepen dĂȘncia de igrejas locais na EscandinĂĄvia. Todas elas eram oficialmente subordinadas a igreja de Hamburgo-Bremen, mesmo que algumas delas estivessem sob a influĂȘncia da igreja anglo-saxĂŽnica. PorĂ©m, uma leitura cuidadosa da Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae Pontificum de AdĂŁo de Bremen indica, de fato, que o perĂodo do final da primeira fase da cristianização era um perĂodo de iniciativas pessoais de governantes locais para controlar as missĂ”es e os estabelecimentos religiosos de suas terras. Estas iniciativas religiosas de governantes nos anos 1050s e 1060s tornou o controle sobre igrejas locais em uma ferramenta polĂtica contra a nĂŁo desejada influencia externa. Contudo, seria um erro tentar descrever este perĂodo como um despertar de um movimento nacionalista da igreja escandinava por independĂȘncia clerical. Os reis simplesmente queriam manter a igreja sujeita somente a eles
"Personal Jesus": Adam of Bremen and 'Private' Churches in Scandinavia During the Early Conversion Period
In modern research it is customary to describe the 50s and the 60s of eleventh century as a first phase of the struggle for independence by the local churches in Scandinavia. All of them were officially subordinated to the church of Hamburg-Bremen, even if some of them found themselves under the influence of the Anglo-Saxon church. However, careful reading of Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae Pontificum indicates that in fact the period at the end of the first phase of Christianisation, was a period of personal initiatives by local rulers to control the missions and religious establishments in their lands. These religious initiatives by rulers in 1050s and 1060s turned the control over the local churches into a political tool against unwelcome foreign influences. However, it would be a mistake to try and describe this period as an awakening of a national church movement in Scandinavia for ecclesiastical independence. The kings simply wanted to keep the church subjected only to them.Em pesquisas modernas Ă© costume descrever as dĂ©cada de 50 e 60 do sĂ©culo XI como a primeira fase da luta pela indepen dĂȘncia de igrejas locais na EscandinĂĄvia. Todas elas eram oficialmente subordinadas a igreja de Hamburgo-Bremen, mesmo que algumas delas estivessem sob a influĂȘncia da igreja anglo-saxĂŽnica. PorĂ©m, uma leitura cuidadosa da Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae Pontificum de AdĂŁo de Bremen indica, de fato, que o perĂodo do final da primeira fase da cristianização era um perĂodo de iniciativas pessoais de governantes locais para controlar as missĂ”es e os estabelecimentos religiosos de suas terras. Estas iniciativas religiosas de governantes nos anos 1050s e 1060s tornou o controle sobre igrejas locais em uma ferramenta polĂtica contra a nĂŁo desejada influencia externa. Contudo, seria um erro tentar descrever este perĂodo como um despertar de um movimento nacionalista da igreja escandinava por independĂȘncia clerical. Os reis simplesmente queriam manter a igreja sujeita somente a eles