Locations of Religious Encounter: The Scandinavian Diaspora in the Viking Age

This article examines the process of conversion to Christianity of Scandinavians who left their homelands in the ninth and tenth centuries and settled in Christian societies in the West. The churches that were involved left us no accounts, but fragments of evidence ranging from papal letters to ston...

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Main Author: Abrams, Lesley 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Studies in church history
Year: 2025, Volume: 61, Pages: 142-167
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