Christianization of Iceland
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title:
Christianization of Iceland
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Iceland was Christianized in the year 1000 AD, when Christianity became the religion by law. In Icelandic, this event is known as the kristnitaka. The vast majority of the initial settlers of Iceland during the settlement of Iceland in the 9th and 10th centuries AD were pagan, worshipping the Æsir. Beginning in 980, Iceland was visited by several Christian missionaries who had little success; but when Olaf Tryggvason ascended to the Norwegian throne, there were many more converts, and the two ri
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Historical process by which Iceland was converted to Christianity
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianization_of_Iceland
date created:
2007-05-31T20:31:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T06:32:52Z
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