medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Dr Ryan
you might find the Germanization of Early Christianity by James C. Russell
(1994) offers some useful background on how Christianity was influenced by
contact with warrior societies. The author (I hope I am not misrepresenting
him in this quick summary) suggests that as part of missionary efforts to
convert the Germanic peoples, heroic and military motifs were developed. On
p.43 for example he remarks on the "portrayal of Christ as a victorious
Germanic warlord".
Best,
Stella Rock
At 12:03 15/09/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Dear listmembers,
>
>
>I would be grateful if you could help me out on this one. I am currently
>writing something on late medieval Gaelic Irish depictions of Christ in
>warrior-mode, i.e. defeating the enemy by riding into battle on his steed
>(the cross). I am aware of some work done on the continental medieval lover-
>knight theme but was wondering if someone would be so kind as to point me
>in the direction of useful works on the longer historical development of
>the more general warrior-Christ theme and its appearance in the Fathers /
>religious art / devotional literature etc. (from the earliest centuries to
>the later medieval and early modern periods), including, of course, the
>more specific lover-knight theme also.
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Dr Salvador Ryan, Department of Modern History, NUI Maynooth, Ireland.
>
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