Christianization of Frisia

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The Christianization of Frisia was the gradual process during the early Middle Ages by which the Frisian people of the North Sea coast were converted from Germanic paganism to Christianity through the efforts of missionaries and Frankish political expansion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christianization ⓘ
historical process ⓘ
religious conversion ⓘ
appliesTo Frisian people ⓘ
linked to: Frisians
characterizedBy combination of coercion and persuasion ⓘ
gradual conversion ⓘ
endTime 9th century ⓘ
hasAspect baptism of Frisian elites ⓘ
destruction of pagan sanctuaries ⓘ
foundation of churches and monasteries ⓘ
integration into Latin Christian culture ⓘ
hasCenter Dokkum ⓘ
Echternach Abbey ⓘ
Utrecht ⓘ
hasEvent Frankish conquest of Frisian territories ⓘ
foundation of the Diocese of Utrecht ⓘ
martyrdom of Boniface at Dokkum ⓘ
mission of Willibrord to Frisia ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Radbod, King of the Frisians ⓘ
hasMajorMissionary Boniface ⓘ
linked to: Saint Boniface

Liudger ⓘ
Suitbert ⓘ
Willehad ⓘ
Willibrord ⓘ
Wulfram of Sens ⓘ
hasOppositionFrom pagan Frisian nobility ⓘ
influencedBy Frankish political expansion ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
languageOfMission Latin ⓘ
languageOfPopulation Old Frisian ⓘ
locatedIn Frisia ⓘ
North Sea coast ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Germany ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
mainSubject Frisia ⓘ
partOf Christianization of Europe ⓘ
Christianization of the Germanic peoples ⓘ
religionFrom Germanic paganism ⓘ
linked to: Germanic mythology
religionTo Christianity ⓘ
resultedIn decline of Germanic paganism in Frisia ⓘ
establishment of Christian ecclesiastical structures in Frisia ⓘ
significantPhase 8th century ⓘ
startTime 7th century ⓘ
supportedBy Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
Charlemagne ⓘ
Charles Martel ⓘ
Frankish Empire ⓘ
Pippin the Short ⓘ
Pippinids ⓘ
timePeriod early Middle Ages ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Christianization of Saxony → relatedTo → Christianization of Frisia ⓘ
Frisia → historicalEvent → Christianization of the Frisians ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Frisia
Boniface Park → associatedWithEvent → Christianization of Frisia ⓘ
Saint Wulfram of Sens → notableWork → Evangelization of Frisia ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Frisia
Willibrord → notableWork → Christianization of Frisia ⓘ
Willibrord → notableWork → Christianization of the Low Countries ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Frisia
Frisian–Frankish conflicts → religiousAspect → Christianization of Frisia ⓘ
Northumbrian church → influenced → Christianization of Frisia ⓘ
Lebuinus → notableWork → Christianization of the eastern Netherlands ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of Frisia
Gregory of Utrecht → notableWork → Christianization of Frisia ⓘ