ReligionThe 11th century

Religion in the 11th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged religion — faiths, institutions and religious change, narrowed to the 11th century — 11 of them, drawn from 10 nations, running from 1000 to 1075. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
11
Nations
10
Earliest
1000
Latest
1075
Europe
7
Africa
3
Asia
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Europe

    Iceland

    The Althing adopts Christianity

    Faced with a split between pagans and Christians, the Althing entrusted the decision to the lawspeaker Þorgeir, who ruled that Iceland should become Christian; the conversion was achieved by compromise, without bloodshed.

    Era: Christianity, the Sagas and the Old Covenant

    Sources: Christianity: the conversion of Iceland · Þingvellir National Park (official), Iceland: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. Europe

    Poland

    Congress of Gniezno

    Emperor Otto III made pilgrimage to Gniezno and an independent Polish church province was established, recognising the young state's standing within Christian Europe.

    Era: The Birth of the Piast State and the Christianization of Poland

    Sources: Poland: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Europe

    Sweden

    Christianization advances under royal patronage

    The conversion of the Swedes proceeded through the eleventh century by way of baptised kings and the founding of churches, even as paganism endured at the temple of Uppsala until the faith finally prevailed.

    Era: Vikings, Birka and the Coming of Christianity

    Sources: Sweden: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. Europe

    North Macedonia

    The Archbishopric of Ohrid

    After the Byzantine reconquest an autocephalous archbishopric was established at Ohrid, sustaining the city's role as a centre of Orthodox church life and Slavonic learning.

    Era: Slavic Settlement, Tsar Samuel and the Ohrid Archbishopric

    Sources: Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, North Macedonia: History (Ancient, Ottoman, Yugoslav) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  5. Europe

    Norway

    Moster assembly and Christian law

    Olaf II established a nationwide church organisation and Christian law at Moster, banning non-Christian worship and making Christianity the kingdom's only permitted religion.

    Era: The Christian Kingdom, St Olaf and Hanseatic Bergen

    Sources: Olav den hellige · Store norske leksikon

  6. Europe

    Norway

    Battle of Stiklestad and the death of St Olaf

    King Olaf II was killed at Stiklestad. Declared holy within a year and enshrined at Nidaros, he became Norway's patron saint and eternal king, accelerating the Christianisation of the realm.

    Era: The Christian Kingdom, St Olaf and Hanseatic Bergen

    Sources: Olav den hellige · Store norske leksikon

  7. Africa

    Senegal

    War Jabi adopts Islamic law in Takrur

    King War Jabi of Takrur is recorded as making Sharia official, by tradition the first Sahelian ruler to do so, anchoring Islam in the region.

    Era: Takrur and the Coming of Islam

    Sources: Takrur · Wikipedia, Islam Is Introduced into West Africa (750 CE) · BlackPast.org

  8. Europe

    Ukraine

    Saint-Sophia Cathedral begun in Kyiv

    Built with Byzantine masters under Yaroslav the Wise as the main church of the Rus' capital, Saint-Sophia symbolised Kyiv as a 'new Constantinople'; it is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    Era: Kievan Rus' and the Baptism of 988

    Sources: Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Yaroslav the Wise · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  9. Africa

    Mauritania

    Abdallah ibn Yasin founds the Almoravid movement

    The theologian Abdallah ibn Yasin begins preaching a reformed Islam among the Sanhaja, gathering the disciplined religious-military following known as the al-Murabitun (Almoravids).

    Era: The Almoravid Jihad

    Sources: Almoravids (Berber confederation) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Abdallah ibn Yasin · Wikipedia

  10. Asia

    Myanmar

    Conquest of Thaton

    Anawrahta captures the Mon city of Thaton, by tradition bringing Buddhist scriptures, monks and artisans that enrich Pagan's culture.

    Era: The Kingdom of Pagan (Bagan)

    Sources: Anawrahta · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Myanmar · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  11. Africa

    Chad

    Hummay founds the Sayfawa dynasty

    Mai Hummay, the first Muslim ruler of Kanem, displaced the Duguwa and founded the Sayfawa (Sefuwa) dynasty, which would rule the empire for some seven centuries.

    Era: Kanem and Kanem-Bornu

    Sources: Kanem-Bornu Empire · Wikipedia, Hummay (founder of the Sayfawa dynasty) · Wikipedia