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codydodd t1_iybgy5l wrote

Unrelated, but I always found it fascinating that the Romans brought Christianity to the Isle, and to Ireland. But after the fall of the romans, paganism re-spread. Ireland contributed to the British regaining christianity like a century later iirc.

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WhoStoleMyPassport t1_iybtlc4 wrote

The Baltics were the last region in Europe to be converted to Christianity in the 13th Century. And so the pagan traditions are still strong and they have nation wide pagan celebratinos in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and they are as popular as Christmas.

And in the recent years the pagan Church or whatever its called is growing while other religions are loosing members.

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Baneken t1_iycmu3c wrote

No, Lapland was the "last bastion" of paganism in Western Europe.

Last witch drum burning and destruction of the remaining sacred Siidas were done at the early 19th century.

In Russia most Finnic groups have basically syncretised their animism with Orthodoxy creating a kind of pseudo-christianity with elements from both.

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russdb t1_iybry1v wrote

Christianity was actually already there, especially on Ireland.

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BobbyP27 t1_iyc46b1 wrote

Largely because after the Romans left there was a large scale population migration into England, who brought their language, culture and religion with them. In Roman times the population of what is now England were essentially Welsh. Wales and Cornwall and Scotland were the bits the incoming people didn’t reach.

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FaeQueenUwU t1_iyc9k5i wrote

When the Germanic tribes appeared they didnt really mingle with the Britons, they made their settlements outside of the Romano-Briton towns and cities. Yes it was a big migration but not as big as people think it is, because you can see it in the DNA makeup of people in the UK, Britons and mostly those in the East have up to 10% of Germanic DNA the rest is Celtic/Briton, so there was no replacement or anything, and at most what happened is that the Germanic tribes eventually took over and people assimilated into their culture because it was easier than resisting.

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