Christianization of the Balkans

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The Christianization of the Balkans was the gradual process during the early and high Middle Ages by which the diverse pagan and heretical populations of the Balkan Peninsula were converted to Christianity under the influence of Byzantine, Latin, and later Slavic powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christianization
historical process
religious conversion
hasAspect baptism of rulers and elites
competition between Byzantine and Latin rites
foundation of bishoprics and archbishoprics
monastic colonization
translation of liturgical texts
hasCause Christian missionary activity
Latin ecclesiastical policy
imperial policy of the Byzantine Empire
political expansion of Christian states
hasConsequence Latin Christian cultural influence on coastal regions
formation of Orthodox Slavic culture
long-term confessional fragmentation of the Balkans
hasEndTime high Middle Ages
linked to: High Middle Ages
hasInfluence Byzantine Empire
First Bulgarian Empire
Frankish Empire
Latin Church
Papal States
Serbian states
Slavic states
hasKeyEvent Christianization of Albania
Christianization of Bosnia
Christianization of Bulgaria
Christianization of Croatia
Christianization of Serbia
Christianization of the South Slavs
mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius
hasKeyFigure Basil I the Macedonian
Boris I of Bulgaria
Cyril
linked to: Saint Cyril

Methodius
Pope Nicholas I
hasLocation Balkan Peninsula
linked to: Balkans

Southeastern Europe
linked to: Balkans
hasMainRegion Byzantine Balkans
linked to: Balkans

Latin Balkans
linked to: Balkan Latin

Slavic Balkans
linked to: South Slavs
hasStartTime early Middle Ages
late antiquity
replacesReligion Arian Christianity
linked to: Arianism

Hellenic polytheism
Illyrian paganism
Slavic paganism
Thracian paganism
resultsIn integration of Balkan polities into Christian Europe
religious division between Eastern and Western Christianity in the Balkans
spread of Eastern Orthodoxy in the Balkans
spread of Roman Catholicism in the Balkans
targetsPopulation Albanian ancestors
Arian and other heretical groups
Bulgars
Croats
Illyrians
Serbs
Slavs in the Balkans
Thracians
Vlachs
linked to: Balkan Vlachs

pagan populations of the Balkans
usesLanguage Old Church Slavonic
linked to: Church Slavonic
usesScript Cyrillic alphabet
linked to: Cyrillic script

Glagolitic alphabet
linked to: Glagolitic script

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Referenced by (8)

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Christianization of Europe hasPart Christianization of the Balkans
Saint Cyril associatedWith Byzantine missions to the Slavs
linked to: Christianization of the Balkans
Saint Methodius movement Christianization of the Slavs
linked to: Christianization of the Balkans
Christianization of the Balkans hasKeyEvent Christianization of Serbia
linked to: Christianization of the Balkans
Saint Clement of Ohrid associatedWith Christianization of Macedonia region
linked to: Christianization of the Balkans
Illyrian paganism followedBy Christianity in the Balkans
linked to: Christianization of the Balkans
Illyrian paganism declineCause Christianization of the Balkans
Christianization of the Slavs associatedWith Baptism of the Serbs
linked to: Christianization of the Balkans