Zaszczepianie chrześcijaństwa w krajach zachodniosłowiańskich w świetle Kroniki Thietmara (w zarysie). W kręgu myśli misjologicznej i historiologicznej doby Ludolfingów
Inoculation of Christianity in the West Slavic Land from the Thietmar’s Chronicle’s Point of View (in Outline): in the Circle of Missionary and Historiographical Mind in the Period of Ludolfings

Summary/Abstract: The author evaluates the information the Thietmar’s Chronicle provides about the ongoing Christianization of the Slavic people at the turn of the first and second millennium. It summarises the terms and views of the chronicler, especially the view of the collective Christianization of the whole peoples. The article especially analyses Thietmar’s view on the cases stressing the relations and transformations of the pre-christian (or non-christian) beliefs to the spreading Christianity. It seems that the key factor in perceiving certain people as Christians was for the chronicler the religion of their elites and working church administrative. Important role is dedicated to the bishops – colleagues of the writer Thietmar – who were responsible for the missionary efforts between the Slavs. Their work is at the focus point of the narrative.

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