IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 1514: Normalizing Christianity: Christian Rules versus Pagan Practices in Medieval Slavic Traditions
Thursday 12 July 2012, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Departamento de Filología Griega y Lingüística Indoeuropea, Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
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| Organiser: | Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa Núñez, Departamento de Filología Griega y Lingüística Indoeuropea, Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| Moderator/Chair: | Svetlina Nikolova, Cyrillo Methodian Research Centre, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia |
| Paper 1514-a | Condemning Magical (and Pagan) Practices in the Opatovice Homiliary (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Slavic, Pagan Religions |
| Paper 1514-b | Condemning Magical (and Pagan) Practices in East Slavic Texts (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Slavic, Pagan Religions |
| Paper 1514-c | Concepts of Justice, Lawfulness, and Lawlessness in the Slavic Versions of Menander Wisdom (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Slavic, Pagan Religions |
| Abstract | The Christianization of the Slavs took place in a long period between the 8th and 12th centuries. It was a succession of forced conversions in a vertical direction from the ruling prince to his people. That is why many pagan practices survived long after the official baptism, especially in popular religion. Such practices are attested by the condemnation of different juridical and homiletic works, that have been gathered by Professor J. A. Álvarez-Pedrosa and his research group, and that will be surveyed in this session. Finally, we will show the adaptation of the Greek concepts of justice, lawfulness and lawlessness to Christian morality in the Slavonic versions of Menander's wise sentences. |