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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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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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
Thracian mythology → supersededBy → Christianity in the Balkans ⓘ
linked to: Christianization of the Balkans