The conversion of Scandinavia
Vikings, merchants, and missionaries in the remaking of Northern Europe
by Anders Winroth
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"In this book a MacArthur Award-winning scholar argues for a radically new interpretation of the conversion of Scandinavia from paganism to Christianity in the early Middle Ages. Overturning the received narrative of Europe's military and religious conquest and colonization of the region, Anders Winroth contends that rather than acting as passive recipients, Scandinavians converted to Christianity because it was in individual chieftains' political, economic, and cultural interests to do so. Through a painstaking analysis and historical reconstruction of both archeological and literary sources, and drawing on scholarly work that has been unavailable in English, Winroth opens up new avenues for studying European ascendency and the expansion of Christianity in the medieval period"--
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RELIGION / Christian Church / Growth, Commerce, Conversion, Vikings, Economics, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, HISTORY / Medieval, Christianity, Religion, Economic conditions, HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia, History, Economics, religious aspects, Canada, commerce, Scandinavia, economic conditions, Scandinavia, religion, Scandinavia, history, Skandinavien, Historia, History / medieval, Religion / christian church / growth, History / europe / scandinavia, Religion / christian church / history, Vikings--commerce--history, Economics--religious aspects--christianity--history, Vikings--religion, Conversion--christianity, Skandinavien--historia, Commerce--history, Religion--history, Hf3640 .w56 2012, 948/.022, Rel108020 his044000 rel108010 his037010Places
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Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe
2014, Yale University Press
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The conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, merchants, and missionaries in the remaking of Northern Europe
2012, Yale University Press
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