{"product_id":"9781009586573","title":"Silence of the Gods : The Untold History of Europe's Last Pagan Peoples","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Young, Francis (independent scholar) \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 19\/06\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 456 pages, Worked examples or Exercises,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781009586573,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe formal conversion to Christianity in 1387 of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania seemingly marked the end of Europe's last 'pagan' peoples. But the reality was different. At the margins, often under the radar, around the dusky edgelands, pre-Christian religions endured and indeed continued to flourish for an astonishing five centuries. Silence of the Gods tells, for the first time, the remarkable story of these forgotten peoples: belated adopters of Christian belief on the outer periphery of Christendom, from the Sámi of the frozen north to the Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians around the Baltic, as well as the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia's Volga-Ural Plain. These communities, Dr Young reveals, responded creatively to Christianity's challenge, but for centuries stopped short of embracing it. His book addresses why this was so, uncovering stories of fierce resistance, unlikely survival and considerable ingenuity. He revolutionises understandings of the lost religions of the last pagans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55584733299061,"sku":"9781009586573","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781009586573.jpg?v=1751617147","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781009586573","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}