IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 1304: On the Edge of Christian Europe: North Norway in the Middle Ages
Wednesday 15 July 2009, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Creating the New North Research Programme, University of Tromsø |
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| Organiser: | Richard Holt, Institutt for historie og religionsvitenskap, Universitetet i Tromsø - Norges Arktiske Universitetet |
| Moderator/Chair: | Richard Holt, Institutt for historie og religionsvitenskap, Universitetet i Tromsø - Norges Arktiske Universitetet |
| Paper 1304-a | Land Ownership and Church Organization on the Periphery of Christendom (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Geography and Settlement Studies, Pagan Religions, Social History |
| Paper 1304-b | The Attractions of a Benefice in the Far North around 1400 (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Pagan Religions, Religious Life |
| Paper 1304-c | The Frontier between the Christian and Pagan: Mission as a Tool of Colonization (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Geography and Settlement Studies, Pagan Religions |
| Abstract | Norway north of the Arctic Circle was a region rich in natural resources, thinly populated by ethnic Norwegians living by agriculture and fishing, and Sami people living by hunting and fishing - though beginning to diversify into pastoral agriculture and reindeer herding. Contacts between the two peoples were varied and largely co-operative. Between 1000 and 1300 the Norwegian monarchy extended its authority to the coastal parts and took tribute from the pagan Sami of the interior, at the same time as the church established itself within the Norwegian community. |