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The historical phenomenon of Christianization, the conversion of individuals to Christianity or the conversion of entire peoples at once (a political shift as much as a spontaneous mass shift in individual consciences), also includes the practice of converting pagan cult practices, pagan religious imagery, pagan sites and the pagan calendar to Christian uses. In Antiquity, Christianization was effected only partly through laws against sacrifice and sorcery and official conversions of temples to Christian churches. It was effected also by the degradation of pagan gods into d ...

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Several Christian feasts occupy moments in the year that were formerly devoted to pagan celebrations. Familiar examples are the Roman Saturnalia, converted to Christmas, the festivities of Yule in northern Europe, the name of Eostre converted to English "Easter" to identify the Paschal festival, the celebration of Midsummer Day as the birthday feast of John the Baptist, and the celebrations of Celtic ...

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Christianization, Christianization - Overview, Christianization - Christianized populations, Christianization - Christianized sites, Christianization - The Christianized landscape, Christianization - The Christianized calendar, Christianization - Christianizing the Lemuria, Christianization - Cultural history of Halloween, Christianization - Christianizing the Saturnalia, Christianization - Suppressing Yule, Christianization - External link

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Several Christian feasts occupy moments in the year that were formerly devoted to pagan celebrations. Familiar examples are the Roman Saturnalia, converted to Christmas, the festivities of Yule in northern Europe, the name of Eostre converted to English "Easter" to identify the Paschal festival, the celebration of Midsummer Day as the birthday feast of John the Baptist, and the celebrations of Celtic ...

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Christianization, Christianization - Christianized populations, Christianization - Christianized sites, Christianization - The Christianized landscape, Christianization - The Christianized calendar, Christianization - Christianizing the Lemuria, Christianization - Cultural history of Halloween, Christianization - Christianizing the Saturnalia, Christianization - Suppressing Yule, Christianization - External link

Read more here: » Christianization: Encyclopedia II - Christianization - The Christianized calendar

The British Isles and other areas of northern Europe that were formerly druidic are still densely punctuated by holy wells and holy springs that are now attributed to some saint, often a highly local saint unknown elsewhere. These water sources have always been guarded by supernatural forces in the European imagination. An example of the pre-Christian water spirit is the melusina. As the official Catholic Church expanded its requirements for Christian baptisteries in the 5th and 6th centuries, sacred pagan springs presented natural op ...

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Christianization, Christianization - Overview, Christianization - Christianized populations, Christianization - Christianized sites, Christianization - The Christianized landscape, Christianization - The Christianized calendar, Christianization - Christianizing the Lemuria, Christianization - Cultural history of Halloween, Christianization - Christianizing the Saturnalia, Christianization - Suppressing Yule, Christianization - External link

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When referring to Northern Europe, the means of this conversion were chiefly Proselytism directed towards monarchs and chieftains whose people then followed their conversion, on the pattern established by the baptism of Clovis, King of the Franks. Main article: Baptism of Poland. The Christianization of Poland provides an example of this process. The "Baptism of Poland" (Polish: Chrzest Polski) in 966 refers to the baptism of Mieszko I, the first ruler of a united Polish state. His baptism was followe ...

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Christianization, Christianization - Overview, Christianization - Christianized populations, Christianization - Christianized sites, Christianization - The Christianized landscape, Christianization - The Christianized calendar, Christianization - Christianizing the Lemuria, Christianization - Cultural history of Halloween, Christianization - Christianizing the Saturnalia, Christianization - Suppressing Yule, Christianization - External link

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This practice of Christianization has at times been relatively peaceful and at times has been a very violent process, ranging from inspired works of charity which convinced populations to adopt Christianity to forced conversions. When Yale historian Ramsay MacMullen treated the Christianization of the Roman Empire, he divided his book in two sections, before and after the year 312, which marked the momentous conversion of Constantine. Constantine ended the persecution of Christianity (and other religions) with the Edict of Milan, so t ...

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Christianization, Christianization - Overview, Christianization - Christianized populations, Christianization - Christianized sites, Christianization - The Christianized landscape, Christianization - The Christianized calendar, Christianization - Christianizing the Lemuria, Christianization - Cultural history of Halloween, Christianization - Christianizing the Saturnalia, Christianization - Suppressing Yule, Christianization - External link

Read more here: » Christianization: Encyclopedia II - Christianization - Overview

When referring to Northern Europe, the means of this conversion were chiefly Proselytism directed towards monarchs and chieftains whose people then followed their conversion, on the pattern established by the baptism of Clovis, King of the Franks. Main article: Baptism of Poland. The Christianization of Poland provides an example of this process. The "Baptism of Poland" (Polish: Chrzest Polski) in 966 refers to the baptism of Mieszko I, the first ruler of a united Polish state. His baptism was followe ...

See also:

Christianization, Christianization - Christianized populations, Christianization - Christianized sites, Christianization - The Christianized landscape, Christianization - The Christianized calendar, Christianization - Christianizing the Lemuria, Christianization - Cultural history of Halloween, Christianization - Christianizing the Saturnalia, Christianization - Suppressing Yule, Christianization - External link

Read more here: » Christianization: Encyclopedia II - Christianization - Christianized populations

The British Isles and other areas of northern Europe that were formerly druidic are still densely punctuated by holy wells and holy springs that are now attributed to some saint, often a highly local saint unknown elsewhere. These water sources have always been guarded by supernatural forces in the European imagination. An example of the pre-Christian water spirit is the melusina. As the official Catholic Church expanded its requirements for Christian baptisteries in the 5th and 6th centuries, sacred pagan springs presented natural op ...

See also:

Christianization, Christianization - Christianized populations, Christianization - Christianized sites, Christianization - The Christianized landscape, Christianization - The Christianized calendar, Christianization - Christianizing the Lemuria, Christianization - Cultural history of Halloween, Christianization - Christianizing the Saturnalia, Christianization - Suppressing Yule, Christianization - External link

Read more here: » Christianization: Encyclopedia II - Christianization - The Christianized landscape