Of Gods and Holidays: The Baltic Heritage by Jonas Trinkūnas

Of Gods and Holidays: The Baltic Heritage

Jonas Trinkūnas with Vilija Vyte, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Jānis Tupešu, Daimius Sirutis, Marija Gimbutas, Gintaras Beresnevičius, Frances Hoffmann, Audrius Dundzila, Norbertas Vėlius

214 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction essays history reference religion
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Christian cathedrals were built in places hallowed by millennia of pagan worship, feats and holidays were altered by suffusing them with Christian content. This happened overall in Europe, the Baltic experience is unique in that the changes occurr...

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