I'm writing a story with a POD in 602. By this point in time, several English Kingdoms, the Frankish realm, the Visigoths, the Lombards, the Britons and obviously the Byzantines were all Christian European powers. The independent Duchy of Bavaria still has a significant pagan population which in OTL didn't become a minority until around the late 7th early 8th century.
Saxony, Frisia and the Scandinavian Norsemen are all still very much so Pagan, as are all of the Slavic people. My question to you today is, how possible is it to prevent the Christianisation of these people?
It'd be great if we could keep some Elbe Germanic people Pagan but I accept there's a heck of a lot of difficulty in that challenge. If you think you can go ahead, but otherwise, what I'm looking for is the Norse (especially the Scandinavian Norse if not the Jutes and Danes) and at least some Slavic people to remain pagan. It'd be preferable if this could be done without any already Christian kingdoms being annihilated or conquered by non-Christians. I don't mind if the Franks get divided or weakened somehow.
My other question is, I am aware that until around the 11th century, Greek Polytheism was still present in Central Anatolia. If Persia successfully conquers Anatolia, is it possible for the Greek pagans to survive in a similar fashion to how the Yazidis have?
Thanks for all the help. By the way in case it helps, the initial AH is that the Caliphate fails to conquer the Byzantines or Sassanids for a number of reasons starting with the Sassanids not conquering the Lakhmids.
Saxony, Frisia and the Scandinavian Norsemen are all still very much so Pagan, as are all of the Slavic people. My question to you today is, how possible is it to prevent the Christianisation of these people?
It'd be great if we could keep some Elbe Germanic people Pagan but I accept there's a heck of a lot of difficulty in that challenge. If you think you can go ahead, but otherwise, what I'm looking for is the Norse (especially the Scandinavian Norse if not the Jutes and Danes) and at least some Slavic people to remain pagan. It'd be preferable if this could be done without any already Christian kingdoms being annihilated or conquered by non-Christians. I don't mind if the Franks get divided or weakened somehow.
My other question is, I am aware that until around the 11th century, Greek Polytheism was still present in Central Anatolia. If Persia successfully conquers Anatolia, is it possible for the Greek pagans to survive in a similar fashion to how the Yazidis have?
Thanks for all the help. By the way in case it helps, the initial AH is that the Caliphate fails to conquer the Byzantines or Sassanids for a number of reasons starting with the Sassanids not conquering the Lakhmids.