medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Ross,
The following is a quote from the Catholic Encyclopedia on line at
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
" On the other hand, it is never allowable to baptize with an invalid
liquid. There is a response of Pope Gregory IX to the Archbishop of
Trondhjem in Norway where beer (or mead) had been employed for baptism. The
pontiff says: "Since according to the Gospel teaching, a man must be born
again of water and the Holy Ghost, those are not to be considered validly
baptized who have been baptized with beer" (cervisia)"
I suggest that you look at the physical evidence of conversion in the form
of church buildings. The United Nations Educational Division, UNESCO,
published an illustrated volume on the stave churches in Norway in 1955.
"Unesco.
Norway: paintings from the stave churches. Pref. [by] Roar Hauglid; introd.
[by] Louis Grodecki.
[Greenwich, Conn.] New York Graphic Society [c1955]
24 p. illus., 32 col. plates. 48 cm."
For wall paintings in the churches after conversion, I suggest
"Banning, Knud.
A catalogue of wall-paintings in the churches of medieval Denmark 1100-1600
: Scania, Halland, Blekinge / [authors, Knud Banning, Mette Brandt, Søren
Kaspersen] ; [editor, Knud Banning ; translation, Jean Olsen ; maps of
churches, Mette Brandt, Søren Kaspersen, Steen Jørgensen ; maps of Scania,
Halland and Blekinge, Arne Gaarn Bak].
Copenhagen : Akademisk Forlag, : [eksp. DBK], 1976-
v. : ill. ; 30 cm."
In spite of the title, this catalog covers wall paintings in present day
Sweden.
This work is in four volumes, the last volume appeared several years after
1976.
If you are interested in the wall paintings in Denmark please write to my at
my email address.
If you want a greater selection of material to work with, I used Google,
typed in "loc" for the Library of Congress and then looked for material on
stave churches in Norway. There are no wooden churches left in Denmark,
there is one work, in Swedish, on the wooden churches there.
If I can be of any further help, let me know.
Good hunting, Jim
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