This article presents a contextual approach to studying the role of the urban environment in introducing Christianity to Denmark between 900 and 1250. We consider sensory experience and apply the concept of lived religion to the highly varied and sometimes limited archaeo-logical  material  from  St  Alban’s  church  in  Odense,  its  cemetery,  and  the  surrounding  settlement, to show that the urban environment played an active role in integrating Christianity into everyday life. The church and king used the urban environment to stage their authority. The message of Christianity was propagated through religious practices, such as celebrating Saint Cnut with spectacular processions, and dress accessories with religious motifs. These practices  facilitated  the  transformation  from  an  elite-oriented  missionary  religion  promoted  by the king and the elite to a widely accepted religion integrated into the everyday lives of Odense’s inhabitants.

Haase, K. & Bjerregaard, M. M. (2022). "When God Came to Town: Urban Development and Religious Practices in Early Medieval Odense, Denmark", Danish Journal of Archaeology 11, 1-24.