To: SunkenCiv
I thought the vikings were pagan.
3 posted on
10/08/2008 4:02:16 PM PDT by
skeeter
To: skeeter
So you don’t think you will ever get to see the Halls of Valhalla?
4 posted on
10/08/2008 4:04:05 PM PDT by
randomhero97
("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
To: skeeter
They were Christianized sometime in the 10th century, likely under King Olaf Trygvasson of Norway.
6 posted on
10/08/2008 4:29:03 PM PDT by
Virginia Ridgerunner
(Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
To: skeeter
Actually, I remember reading that the Vikings were one of the first converts to Christianity, and their sailing everyone was one of the reasons Europe went Christian.
If I recall, Leif Erikson became a Christian, which is one reasons I thought he was an explorer and colonizer. It seems to be a characteristic of Christianity to build up rather than tear down.
7 posted on
10/08/2008 4:32:16 PM PDT by
I still care
(A thousand screaming Germans, some fake columns and swooning girly-men does not a campaign make.)
To: skeeter
Early Vikings were pagans. Christianity arrived to some areas of Scandinavia before the end of the Viking age.
This link shows the style of church mentioned in the article. It's a replica of a church that's still standing in the Vik area, in western Norway.
http://www.hjemkomst-center.com/church/main.htm
8 posted on
10/08/2008 4:44:25 PM PDT by
GoLightly
To: skeeter
Like the rest of the Christian world, they converted to Christianity over a period of time. The Vikings were around a good while, with their highwater mark often being given as the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.
10 posted on
10/08/2008 5:54:59 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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