Christianization of Germanic peoples

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The Christianization of Germanic peoples was the long, uneven process during the early Middle Ages by which various Germanic tribes across Europe gradually converted from their traditional polytheistic religions to Christianity through missions, political pressure, and cultural integration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christianization ⓘ
historical process ⓘ
religious conversion movement ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Alemanni ⓘ
linked to: Alemannic tribes

Angles ⓘ
Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Bavarians ⓘ
Burgundians ⓘ
Danes ⓘ
Franks ⓘ
Germanic peoples ⓘ
Goths ⓘ
Icelanders ⓘ
Lombards ⓘ
Norse ⓘ
Norwegians ⓘ
Saxons ⓘ
Swedes ⓘ
Thuringians ⓘ
Vandals ⓘ
cause fusion of Germanic and Christian traditions ⓘ
integration of Germanic elites into Christian Europe ⓘ
replacement of pagan law codes with Christianized law codes ⓘ
endTime 12th century ⓘ
hasCharacteristic gradual ⓘ
linked to state formation ⓘ
often top-down ⓘ
regionally diverse ⓘ
uneven ⓘ
hasPart Christianization of Scandinavia ⓘ
Christianization of the Alemanni ⓘ
Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Christianization of the Bavarians ⓘ
Christianization of the Burgundians ⓘ
Christianization of the Franks ⓘ
Christianization of the Goths ⓘ
Christianization of the Lombards ⓘ
Christianization of the Saxons ⓘ
Christianization of the Vandals ⓘ
influenced Christianization of Scandinavia ⓘ
Christianization of the British Isles ⓘ
church organization in Northern Europe ⓘ
decline of Germanic paganism ⓘ
development of canon law in Germanic regions ⓘ
formation of medieval European kingdoms ⓘ
spread of Latin literacy ⓘ
influencedBy Arian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Arianism

Carolingian Empire ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Frankish expansion ⓘ
Irish monasticism ⓘ
Latin liturgy ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
location Central Europe ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
mainSubject conversion of Germanic peoples to Christianity ⓘ
methodOfConversion baptism of rulers ⓘ
cultural integration ⓘ
legal compulsion ⓘ
military coercion ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
monastic missions ⓘ
political pressure ⓘ
royal patronage ⓘ
relatedTo Christianization of Europe ⓘ
Germanic paganism ⓘ
History of Christianity in Scandinavia ⓘ
History of the Catholic Church ⓘ
Medieval Christian missions ⓘ
religionAfter Christianity ⓘ
religionBefore Germanic paganism ⓘ
significantEvent Baptism of Clovis I ⓘ
Baptism of Harald Bluetooth ⓘ
Baptism of Olaf II Haraldsson ⓘ
Baptism of Olaf Tryggvason ⓘ
Baptism of Reccared I ⓘ
Baptism of the Danes under Harald Bluetooth ⓘ
Baptism of the Swedes at Old Uppsala ⓘ
Battle of the River Unstrut ⓘ
Christianization of Iceland decision at the Althing ⓘ
Mass baptism at the River Swale ⓘ
Synod of Whitby ⓘ
significantFigure Ansgar ⓘ
Augustine of Canterbury ⓘ
Boniface ⓘ
linked to: Saint Boniface

Charlemagne ⓘ
Clovis I ⓘ
linked to: Clovis

Harald Bluetooth ⓘ
linked to: Harold Bluetooth

Leif Erikson ⓘ
Olaf II Haraldsson ⓘ
linked to: Olaf II of Norway

Olaf Tryggvason ⓘ
Pope Gregory I ⓘ
linked to: Gregory the Great

Reccared I ⓘ
Ulfilas ⓘ
Willibrord ⓘ
startTime 3rd century ⓘ
4th century ⓘ
temporalScope Early Middle Ages ⓘ
High Middle Ages ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianization of Saxony → partOf → Christianization of Germanic peoples ⓘ
Christianization of Saxony → relatedTo → Christianization of the Germanic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Ulfilas → influenced → Germanic Christianization ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Duchy of Saxony → significantEvent → Christianization of the Saxons ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Germanic Europe → religiousTransition → Christianization of Germanic peoples ⓘ
Bavarian dynasty → influenced → Christianization of the Lombards ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Saint Ludger → notableWork → Christianization of the Saxons ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Eastphalia → religiousHistory → Christianization of Saxons ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Christianization of the Visigoths → relatedTo → Christianization of the Germanic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Christianization of the Slavs → relatedTo → Christianization of the Germanic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
mission of Saint Willehad → associatedWith → Christianization of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Christianization of Germanic peoples → hasPart → Christianization of the Saxons ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Christianization of Germanic peoples → hasPart → Christianization of the Lombards ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Christianization of Frisia → partOf → Christianization of the Germanic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Widukind → associatedWith → Christianization of the Saxons ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Massacre of Verden → partOf → Christianization of the Saxons ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Lex Saxonum → associatedWith → Christianization of the Saxons ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Saint Totnan → associatedWith → Christianization of Germanic peoples ⓘ
Saint Ewald the Black → associatedWith → Christianization of the Germanic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Germanic mythology → declineCause → Christianization of Germanic peoples ⓘ
Saint Lullus → notableWork → Christianization of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Saint Lullus → partOf → Christianization of the Germanic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Saint Wigbert → movement → Christianization of Germanic peoples ⓘ
Saint Wigbert → associatedWith → Christianization of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
The Introduction of the Arts into Germany by Christianity → mainSubject → Christianization of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples
Northumbrian church → influenced → Christianization of Germanic peoples ⓘ
Archdiocese of Bremen → playedRoleIn → Christianization of Northern Germany ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Germanic peoples