{"title":"Death and afterlife in the pages of gregory of tours: Religion and society in late Antique Gaul [Book Review]","authors":"Geoffrey D. Dunn","doi":"10.35253/jaema.2020.1.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35253/jaema.2020.1.15","url":null,"abstract":"Review(s) of: Death and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of Tours: Religion and Society in Late Antique Gaul, by Jones, Allen E., Social World of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020) e-book, 324 pages, RRP euro109; ISBN: 9789048540082.","PeriodicalId":38059,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70027997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How to win new followers for Christianity?: The origins of eastern and western missions in early medieval 'younger Europe'","authors":"M. Salamon","doi":"10.35253/jaema.2020.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35253/jaema.2020.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"The Christianisation of eastern Europe started later than in western Europe and faced challenges not faced by the West in late antiquity. In those eastern lands occupied by Slavs and others, formerly under control of the Byzantines or others, the process of re- Christianising those lands and bringing Christianity for the first time to the occupiers, was done gradually and often with cultural concessions, like the preservation of language. In Bulgaria there was an acceptance of Christianity in former Byzantine territory often associated with increasing political ties. In Frankish lands, however, where there was a push for Christianisation there was often more conflict. The pace of this increased in the ninth century with Cyril and Methodius as missionaries, whose new style of spreading Christianity and the development of a written Slavic language brought permanent success.","PeriodicalId":38059,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70028379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Christianisation of the eastern European Steppe peoples","authors":"J. Dudek","doi":"10.35253/jaema.2020.1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35253/jaema.2020.1.9","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the difficulties experienced in bringing Christianity to the peoples of eastern Europe in the early Middle Ages and beyond. In focus are the problems and processes of converting the Eurasian nomads who appeared in the steppes of eastern Europe. The research reveals that the success of missionary activity from various Christian denominations (often associated with trade activities) depended upon the receptiveness of the leaders of nomadic communities. A number of examples from various communities are provided.","PeriodicalId":38059,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70029079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The pre-Christian religions of the north, research and reception, vol. 1: From the middle ages to c. 1830 [Book Review]","authors":"J. Kennedy","doi":"10.35253/jaema.2020.1.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35253/jaema.2020.1.12","url":null,"abstract":"Review(s) of: The Pre-Christian Religions of the North, Research and Reception, vol. 1: From the Middle Ages to c. 1830, by Clunies Ross, Margaret (ed.), (Turnhout: Brepols, 2018) hardcover, xxxiv + 637 pages, 37 b and w + 24 colour illustrations, RRP euro130; ISBN: 9782503568799.","PeriodicalId":38059,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70027773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Routledge research companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas [Book Review]","authors":"M. Firth","doi":"10.35253/jaema.2020.1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35253/jaema.2020.1.10","url":null,"abstract":"Review(s) of: The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas, by Armann Jakobsson and Sverrir Jakobsson (eds), (London: Routledge, 2017) hardcover, xii + 363 pages, RRP 200 pounds; ISBN: 9781472433305.","PeriodicalId":38059,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70027905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Roman North Africa: Environment, society and medical contribution [Book Review]","authors":"Geoffrey D. Dunn","doi":"10.35253/jaema.2020.1.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35253/jaema.2020.1.11","url":null,"abstract":"Review(s) of: Roman North Africa: Environment, Society and Medical Contribution, by Cilliers, Louise, Social Worlds of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019) hardcover, 256 pages, b and w illustrations, RRP euro99; ISBN: 9789462989900.","PeriodicalId":38059,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70028012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kingship, society, and the church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire [Book Review]","authors":"M. Firth","doi":"10.35253/jaema.2020.1.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35253/jaema.2020.1.19","url":null,"abstract":"Review(s) of: Kingship, Society, and the Church in Anglo-Saxon Yorkshire, by Pickles, Thomas, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018) hardcover, xxiii + 386 pages, 15 maps and 28 b and w illustrations; RRP 85.00 pounds; ISBN: 9780198818779.","PeriodicalId":38059,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70028715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The religious panorama of the Roman Empire","authors":"Maria Dzielska","doi":"10.35253//JAEMA.2020.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35253//JAEMA.2020.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"While traditional Roman religion was more about orthopraxy than orthodoxy, the emergence of Christianity challenged non-Christian intellectuals of the later empire to respond to issues of personal devotion to the gods and the role of theurgy as well as divine unity. This is exemplified in this paper through an examination of Aelius Aristides, Marcus Aurelius, Apollonius of Tyana, Saturninius Secundus Sallustius, Iamblichus, and Proclus. Not only was their thought a reaction to Christianity but also influenced its development.","PeriodicalId":38059,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72817634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Imagined communities: Constructing collective identities in Medieval Europe [Book Review]","authors":"T. Pełech","doi":"10.35253/jaema.2020.1.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35253/jaema.2020.1.20","url":null,"abstract":"Review(s) of: Imagined Communities: Constructing Collective Identities in Medieval Europe, by Pleszczynski, Andrzej, Sobiesiak, Joanna, Tomaszek, Michal, and Tyszka, Przemyslaw (eds), Explorations in Medieval Culture 8 (Leiden: Brill, 2018) x + 395 pages, 1 map and 3 colour illustrations, RRP euro134; ISBN: 9789004352476.","PeriodicalId":38059,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70028480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"After the Carolingians: Redefining manuscript illumination in the 10th and 11th centuries [Book Review]","authors":"Geoffrey D. Dunn","doi":"10.35253/jaema.2020.1.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35253/jaema.2020.1.16","url":null,"abstract":"Review(s) of: After the Carolingians: Redefining Manuscript Illumination in the 10th and 11th Centuries, by Kitzinger, Beatrice, and O'Driscoll, Joshua (eds), Sense, Matter, and Medium, vol. 2 (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2019) hardcover, xi + 482 pages, numerous colour illustrations, RRP euro61.95; ISBN: 9783110574678.","PeriodicalId":38059,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70028640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}