[Houghton M.]

Strange: don’t hear ‘bout no Vikings burying no precious books to keep them from the eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvvvvvvviiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllll
Christian raiders.

‘nother one o’ those religions of peace, them Thorlovers, I suppose.

[allmendream]

The Viking raiders didn't raid Churches and Monasteries because they were anti-Christian - it was because that was where the money was.

Sort of like when they asked Dillinger why he robbed banks.

“Because that is where the money is.”

[bunkerhill7]

Bowlus Superus XI -
Oaklandia Christian Raiders XXXII
Minnesotania Pagan Vikings XIV

[OldNewYork]

It wouldn’t be easy for me to remember the source at short notice, but there’s the idea that Viking raids on Christians began in response to a Christian king giving their co-religionists in Saxony the choice of conversion or death.

[bboop]

Careful re the ‘Thorlovers’ HM. We’re still about. We didn’t need precious books, don’t you know, because we had honey meade.