The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe 9780300178098, 0300178093

The Conversion of Scandinavia 9780300178098

In this book a MacArthur Award-winning scholar argues for a radically new interpretation of the conversion of Scandinavi

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Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings 9781501760495

) Christianity; the central role that women played in politics and war; and how the enormous wealth brought back to Scan

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Communication and Conversion in Northern Cameroon: The Dii People and Norwegian Missionaries, 1934-1960 900417754X, 9789004177543

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Artillery of Heaven: American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East 9780801458989

The complex relationship between America and the Arab world goes back further than most people realize. In Artillery of

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Snorri Sturluson and the Edda: The Conversion of Cultural Capital in Medieval Scandinavia 9781442689152

Wanner brings us a new account of the interests that motivated the production of the Edda, and resolves the mystery of i

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Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings 2021007636, 2021007637, 9781501760471, 9781501760488, 9781501760495, 1501760475

In Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings , J�n Vi�ar Sigur�sson returns to the Viking homeland, Scandinavia, highlighting su

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Artillery of Heaven: American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East 9780801458989

The complex relationship between America and the Arab world goes back further than most people realize. In Artillery of

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The Northern Conquest: Vikings in Britain and Ireland 1908493526, 9781908493521

Most historical accounts examine the Viking Age in one part rather than the whole region of the British Isles and Irelan

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Kings and Vikings: Scandinavia and Europe, A.D. 700–1100 [Reprint ed.] 9780415045902, 0415045908, 0203407822, 9780203407820

Professor Sawyer offers some new interpretations of the development of Scandinavian society and history of the Christian

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Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants: The Legacy of Colonial Encounters on the California Frontiers 9780520940352

California’s earliest European colonists—Russian merchants and Spanish missionaries—depended heavily on Native Americans

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