1000 Religion

Christianisation of Sweden

Name: Christianisation of Sweden
Start: 1000

The baptism of Olof Skötkonung anchors the kingdom to Latin Christendom and to writing.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 1000 — the context national timelines leave out.

same year Coronation of Stephen I Hungary
same year Christianisation by vote Iceland
12 years earlier Baptism of Rus’ Ukraine
4 years earlier First mention of Ostarrîchi Austria
16 years later Empire of Cnut the Great Denmark

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Which long period

Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

Early Middle Ages 476 – 1000 Post-Roman kingdoms, Christianisation, invasions.
High and Late Middle Ages 1000 – 1453 Towns, universities, cathedrals, plague and long wars.

Countries involved

Sweden

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What was written of it

Owing to the morbid estrangement which the madness of nationality has set between the peoples of Europe, the clearest signs are overlooked: Europe wants to become one.

Friedrich Nietzsche 1886

Beyond Good and Evil

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