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The Christianity of Franks: the Formation of the Vector of European Civilization

Authors :
Oleh Shepetyak
Source :
Українське Pелігієзнавство, Iss 86 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Ukrainian Association of Researchers of Religion (UARR), 2018.

Abstract

In the article of Oleh Shepetyak "The Christianity of Franks: the Formation of the Vector of European Civilization" is analyzed the Christianization of Western Europe and the Rolle of Franks in this difficult process. The basis of the European civilization is Christianity. The Christianization of the European peoples was a difficult and ambiguous process. Many Germanic peoples, which settled down in Europe, had accepted the Christianity in its Arianism version. The main factor, which caused the domination of Catholic Church in Western Europe and the crowning out of the Arianism, was the political domination of the Franks and the Frank's conquest of the Germanic peoples. The changes of the dynasties of Frank's Kingdom and the change of Europa's political map Europe had played very impotent role in the Christianization Europa's. In the article is highlighted special role of two Frankꞌs Kings Clovis and Charles the Great in the Process dissemination of Christianity in Europe. The analyze of these facts of the religious history Europe's is the object of this article.

Details

Language :
Russian, Ukrainian
ISSN :
23063548 and 26179792
Issue :
86
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Українське Pелігієзнавство
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.fd81ebcacacf4347adeb488a209db64a
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.32420/2018.86.703