Silence of the gods : the untold history of Europe's last pagan peoples /

A masterful new history of Europe's last unchristianized peoples in the period between 1387 and 1900, from the Sámi of northern Fennoscandia to the Balts and the Finno-Ugric peoples of European Russia, exploring the reasons for their late adoption of Christianity and their creative religious re...

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Main Author: Young, Francis (Francis Kendrick) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
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Summary:A masterful new history of Europe's last unchristianized peoples in the period between 1387 and 1900, from the Sámi of northern Fennoscandia to the Balts and the Finno-Ugric peoples of European Russia, exploring the reasons for their late adoption of Christianity and their creative religious responses to encounters with missionaries.
Physical Description:xx, 456 pages, [16] pages of color plates ; illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-411)and index.
ISBN:9781009586573
1009586572