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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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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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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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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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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The voices of women in witchcraft trials : Northern Europe 9781003255406

"Women come to the fore in witchcraft trials as accused persons or as witnesses, and this book is a study of women&

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Potsdam: The End of World War II and the Remaking of Europe 9780465040629, 2015007545

After Germany’s defeat in World War II, Europe lay in tatters. Millions of refugees were dispersed across the continent.

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