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The Conversion of Scandinavia

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

The Conversion of Scandinavia

By Anders Winroth

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About the book

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. Throu...Show more

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ISBN

9780300205534

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published year

2014

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1

Original title

The Conversion of Scandinavia

Format

Paperback

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