Because I already have too many scenarios involving Estonians, of course
So you are working your way south from Estonia?
I wonder how long it would take to get to an alternate history of Great Zimbabwe...
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Because I already have too many scenarios involving Estonians, of course
Christianization of Pagan Europe was mostly top-down: ruler baptized himself and enforced new religion on their subjects. So for early Christianization there is need of existence of a state, with ruler interested in converting and strong enough to enforce it.What about a reeeeaaaaally early Christianization, like within a few decades of Poland's conversion?
Adopting Protestantism kinda implies a previous Catholic period.It's quite a ways off, but what about going "straight" to Protestantism?
Adopting Protestantism kinda implies a previous Catholic period.
Were the chieftains of the area too powerless at the time?Christianization of Pagan Europe was mostly top-down: ruler baptized himself and enforced new religion on their subjects. So for early Christianization there is need of existence of a state, with ruler interested in converting and strong enough to enforce it.
Saint Bruno converted one Baltic (unsure whether Prussian, Lithuanian or other) duke to Christianity and we later never heard of him again, and Baltic religion a few hundreds later show no traces of Christian influence.Were the chieftains of the area too powerless at the time?
Were the chieftains of the area too powerless at the time?
Maybe similiar like Muslim Serbo-Croatian names evolve ? If you are fluent in Baltic language and know Something about linguistic the developement of the languages, then maybe itbis possible to come up with some accurate naming patterns.My mind is struggling to wrap around traditional Lithuanian naming patterns combined with Muslim names. It's interesting, but also...weird.
It would habe also hard stance with surrounding Catholic and Orthodox Christian neighbors ( who conider It a heresy) , but maybe it becomes sort of Bogomill Bosnia until Tartars arrive. Maybe Tartar's Islam gains influence among Lithunia's BogomillsHas anyone suggested Bogomilism yet?