Viking conversion to christianity

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  • Created on: 09-06-19 14:08
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  • Viking Conversion to Christianity
    • Quick conversion
      • Danelaw
        • Guthrum + treaty of wedmore
          • Church of St Olaves
          • St. Peter on coins
      • Herald Bluetooth
        • Missionaries from England
          • Visiting Denmark since 700s
        • Churches  found
          • Ribe
          • Hedeby
      • Politics
        • Harald Bluetooth
          • buried form the old in a Christian grave
          • Three marks of Christianity in jelling
        • Cnut the Great
          • Gave precious objects+ land to monasteries
      • Trading rights
        • Western world was mainly Christian
    • Slower conversion
      • Scandinavia slow to convert
        • Less contact with the west
          • Importance of pagan customs
            • Lake Tisso
      • Lack of central authority
        • Progress was in the hands of the local chieftain
          • Did not guarantee Christian dominanc
            • Coins found at jorvick

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