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<strong>Scand<strong>in</strong>avian</strong> History <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Vik<strong>in</strong>g Age<br />
(L2) chap. 11: ‘<strong>Scand<strong>in</strong>avian</strong>s abroad and at home’, and (L3) chap. 6: ‘Christianity <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> North’. To save<br />
space, only more recent specific contributions to <strong>the</strong> debate(s) tend to be <strong>in</strong>cluded here.<br />
[L5] C. Fell, ‘From Od<strong>in</strong> to Christ’, (A13):172-93<br />
[L6] P. Sawyer, ‘The Christianisation <strong>of</strong> Scand<strong>in</strong>avia’, (A60) vol. 5 (1986), 23-37 [UL L592.c.25.5]<br />
[L7] A.-S. Gräslund, ‘Pagan and Christian <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>age</strong> <strong>of</strong> conversion’, (A49):81-94<br />
[L8] B. Sawyer et al., (edd.), The Christianization <strong>of</strong> Scand<strong>in</strong>avia: report <strong>of</strong> a symposium held at<br />
Kungälv, Sweden, 4-9 August 1985 (1987) [UL 62:46.c.95.12], <strong>in</strong>cludes several articles plus lots <strong>of</strong><br />
useful discussion<br />
[L9] R.B. F<strong>in</strong>nestad, ‘The study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Christianisation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nordic countries: some reflections’,<br />
(O60):256-72<br />
[L10] G. Ste<strong>in</strong>sland, ‘The change <strong>of</strong> religion <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Nordic countries: a confrontation between two liv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
religions’, CM 3 (1990-92), 123-35<br />
[L11] B. Nilsson, (ed.), Kont<strong>in</strong>uitet i kult och tro från vik<strong>in</strong>gatid till medeltid, Projektet Sveriges<br />
kristnande 1 (1992) [UL 62:5.c.95.21], <strong>in</strong>cl. B. Nilsson, ‘Till frågan om kyrkans hålln<strong>in</strong>g till icke-kristna<br />
kultfenomen: attityder under tidig medeltid i Europa och Norden’, 9-47 (E.s.); A. Hultgård, ‘Religiös<br />
förändr<strong>in</strong>g, kont<strong>in</strong>uitet och ackulturation/synkretism i vik<strong>in</strong>gatidens och medeltidens skand<strong>in</strong>aviska<br />
religion’, 49-103 (E.s.)<br />
[L12] P. Foote, ‘Historical studies: conversion moment and conversion period’, (O72):137-44<br />
[L13] P. Beskow and R. Staats, Nordens kristnande i europeiskt perspektiv: tre uppsatser, Occasional<br />
papers on medieval topics 7 (1994) [UL 9004.c.1288]<br />
[L14] J. Stevenson, ‘Christianis<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn barbarians’, (O76):162-84<br />
[L15] P.M. Sørensen, ‘Religions old and new’, (A22):202-24<br />
[L16] L. Abrams, ‘History and archaeology: <strong>the</strong> conversion <strong>of</strong> Scand<strong>in</strong>avia’, Conversion and<br />
Christianity <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> North sea world, St John’s house papers 8, ed. B.E. Crawford (1998), 109-28 [UL<br />
L911:15.c.20.8]<br />
[L17] J.V. Sigurðsson, Kristn<strong>in</strong>gen i norden (2003)<br />
[L18] A.-S. Gräslund, Ideologi och mentalitet – om religionsskiftet I Skand<strong>in</strong>avien från en arkeologisk<br />
horisont, OPIA 29 (2001) [UL 595:01.b.9.29]<br />
[L19] J. Staecker, ‘The mission <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> triangle; <strong>the</strong> christianisation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Saxon</strong>s, west Slavs and Danes<br />
<strong>in</strong> a comparative analysis’, Archaelogical review from Cambridge 17:2 (2000). 99-116<br />
For <strong>the</strong> response to Christianity and motivations <strong>of</strong> certa<strong>in</strong> social groups:<br />
[L20] B. Sawyer, ‘Women and <strong>the</strong> conversion <strong>of</strong> Scand<strong>in</strong>avia’, Frauen <strong>in</strong> Spätantike und<br />
Frühmittelalter: Lebensbed<strong>in</strong>gungen, Lebensnormen, Lebensformen, ed. W. Affeldt (1990), 263-81 [UL<br />
502:2.c.95.399]<br />
[L21] L. Abrams, ‘K<strong>in</strong>gs and bishops and <strong>the</strong> conversion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Anglo</strong>-<strong>Saxon</strong> and <strong>Scand<strong>in</strong>avian</strong><br />
k<strong>in</strong>gdoms’, (O78):15-28<br />
On conversion narratives <strong>in</strong> general:<br />
[L22] J.M. Pizarro, ‘Conversion narratives: form and utility’, (A61f):813-32<br />
[L23] B. Sawyer, ‘<strong>Scand<strong>in</strong>avian</strong> conversion histories’, (L8):88-110<br />
[L24] R. Mazo Karras, ‘God and man <strong>in</strong> medieval Scand<strong>in</strong>avia: writ<strong>in</strong>g—and gender<strong>in</strong>g—<strong>the</strong><br />
conversion’, Varieties <strong>of</strong> religious conversion <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> middle <strong>age</strong>s, ed. James Muldoon (1997), 100-14<br />
[UL 60:8.c.95.73]<br />
[L25] H. Janson, ‘Adam <strong>of</strong> Bremen and <strong>the</strong> conversion <strong>of</strong> Scand<strong>in</strong>avia’, Christianiz<strong>in</strong>g peoples and<br />
convert<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dividuals, edd. G. Armstrong and I. Wood. International medieval research, 7 (2000), 83-88<br />
[UL 60:8.c.200.4]<br />
Regional studies<br />
For each country <strong>the</strong>se items should be complemented with those from <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividual sections (D-I). The<br />
fundamental contemporary written sources <strong>in</strong>clude Rimbert (B72), Adam (B73), diplomatic material<br />
(B717 ff.), and runic <strong>in</strong>scriptions (B800 ff., C90 ff.).<br />
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