2024年7月7日 · For much of the ninth and tenth centuries pagan Vikings terrorised north European Christendom. However, by the time of the Norman conquest, even the Vikings were converting. Pagan Scandinavia was giving way to the Christian Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway. By the early twelfth century, even the more …

Paganism (from Latin pāgānus 'rural, rustic', later 'civilian') is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, [1] or ethnic religions other than Judaism.

There are a wide variety of Pagan traditions in Europe, ranging from Celtic and Norse polytheism, to Wicca and Neo-Druidism. In recent years, there has also been a growing interest in animism, shamanism, and other indigenous spiritual practices.

2016年11月9日 · Scholars of ancient European and Eurasian paganism and linguistics have, since the 17thC, increasingly looked eastwards for parallels and connections between its surviving worldview, language and mythology, and that of the Indo-Aryan peoples of the Caucasus, the Near East, Persia and northern India, with whom Europeans share a common linguistic ...

Western painting - Pagan, Roman, Paintings: Virtually the only example of painting in Rome and Latium to have survived from before the 1st century bc is a fragment of a historical tomb painting with scenes from the Samnite Wars, found in a family tomb on the Esquiline and probably dating from the 3rd century bc (Palazzo dei Conservatori ...

2022年10月14日 · European Paganism provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of ancient pagan religions throughout the European continent. Before there where Christians, the peoples of Europe were pagans. Were they bloodthirsty savages hanging human offerings from trees? Were they happy ecologists, valuing the unpolluted rivers and mountains?

2020年2月1日 · Most people who have explored the medieval architecture of Western Europe have heard a tour guide explain that a particular carving or decorative feature is a pagan image obtruding itself subversively in a Christian sacred space.

2020年10月13日 · In medieval Rus’, Rusalia was the culmination point of the pagan folk festivities. All manner of art was manifested in this: music, singing, dance, martial games, and theatrical works which were sometimes performed in masks.

2006年4月1日 · It surveys the literary sources that spurred the revival of interest in the pagan gods and categorizes the types of artistic objects — domestic furnishings, painting, sculpture, prints,...

The first comprehensive study of its kind, this fully illustrated book establishes Paganism as a persistent force in European history with a profound influence on modern thinking. From the serpent goddesses of ancient Crete to modern nature-worship and the restoration of the indigenous religions of eastern Europe, this wide-ranging book offers ...