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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 />
[L59] T. Lundén, Sveriges missionärer, helgon och kyrkogrundare: en bok om Sveriges kristnande<br />
(1983) [UL 62:5.c.95.19]<br />
[L60] A.-S. Gräslund, ‘Some aspects <strong>of</strong> Christianisation <strong>in</strong> central Sweden’, (O64):45-52<br />
[L61] A. Trotzig, ‘St. Eskil and St. Botvid: a comparison between <strong>the</strong> medieval im<strong>age</strong>s <strong>of</strong> two Swedish<br />
missionary sa<strong>in</strong>ts with English connections’, (O70): VII,51-55<br />
[L62] S. Br<strong>in</strong>k, (ed.), Jämtlands kristnande, Projektet Sveriges kristnande 4 (1996) [UL 62:5.c.95.20];<br />
collected articles with short English summaries on <strong>the</strong> conversion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> border prov<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>of</strong> Jämtland,<br />
particularly significant for <strong>the</strong> runestone and cult-site at Frösö: see H. Williams, ‘Runjämtskan på<br />
Frösöstenen och Östmans bro’, 45-63; B.-M. Näsström, ‘Offerlunden under Frösö kyrka’, 65-85, and<br />
much more <strong>of</strong> great <strong>in</strong>terest besides. Fur<strong>the</strong>r on Jämtland, see:<br />
[L63] S. Wel<strong>in</strong>der, ‘Christianity, politics and ethnicity <strong>in</strong> early medieval Jämtland’, (O87):509-530<br />
[L64] B. Nilsson, (ed.), Kristnandet i Sverige: gamla källor och nya perspektiv, Projektet Sveriges<br />
kristnandet 5 (1996) [ASNC]; a large collection <strong>of</strong> articles (<strong>in</strong> Swedish) <strong>of</strong> more general relevance than<br />
<strong>the</strong> title suggests, each with a brief English summary, see particularly: on written sources and <strong>the</strong><br />
ecclesiastical background, C.F. Hallencreutz, ‘De berättande källorna, påvebreven och tidiga prov på<br />
<strong>in</strong>hemsk historieskrivn<strong>in</strong>g’, 115-40 and ‘Riksidentitet, stiftsidentitet och den vidare<br />
Europ<strong>age</strong>menskapen’, 243-68; on <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>teraction with state-formation, T. L<strong>in</strong>dkvist, ‘Kungamakt,<br />
kristnande, statsbildn<strong>in</strong>g’, 217-41; on women, A.-S. Gräslund, ‘Kristnandet ur ett kv<strong>in</strong>noperspektiv’,<br />
313-34; and <strong>the</strong> f<strong>in</strong>al conclusion, B. Nilsson, ‘Kristnandet i Sverige: avslutande reflexioner’, 419-41<br />
[L65] W. Duczko, ‘Real and imag<strong>in</strong>ary contributions <strong>of</strong> Poland and Rus’ to <strong>the</strong> conversion <strong>of</strong> Sweden’,<br />
Early Christianity <strong>in</strong> central and eastern Europe, ed. P. Urbanczyk (1996), 129-35<br />
[L65] A. Sannmark, ‘The role <strong>of</strong> secular rulers <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> conversion <strong>of</strong> Sweden’, (O87):551-58.<br />
Iceland<br />
The conversion <strong>of</strong> Iceland is typically traced through Íslend<strong>in</strong>gabók (B255) and <strong>the</strong> various later saga<br />
narratives (B455, B458-59) that record a brief flurry <strong>of</strong> missionary activity <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> late tenth century<br />
culm<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> public agreement to accept Christianity at <strong>the</strong> Alth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> year 1000 (or less<br />
dramatically, but perhaps more accurately, 999). See (L3) chap. 7: ‘The conversion <strong>of</strong> Iceland’, and:<br />
[L70] J. Langelyth, A critical exam<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> source materials to <strong>the</strong> <strong>history</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>troduction <strong>of</strong><br />
Christianity <strong>in</strong> Iceland (1974); see <strong>the</strong> review by J. Gíslason, Saga 12 (1974), 201-22<br />
[L71] D. Strömbäck, The conversion <strong>of</strong> Iceland: a survey, transl. P. Foote, VSNR TS 6 (1975) [UL<br />
752:1.d.2.6]<br />
[L72] J. Hnefill Aðalste<strong>in</strong>sson, Under <strong>the</strong> cloak: <strong>the</strong> acceptance <strong>of</strong> Christianity <strong>in</strong> Iceland with particular<br />
reference to <strong>the</strong> religious attitudes prevail<strong>in</strong>g at <strong>the</strong> time, Acta universitatis Upsaliensis: studia<br />
ethnologica Upsaliensia 4 (1978) [UL 461:01.c.12.4]<br />
[L73] P.G. Foote, ‘conversion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Icelanders’, (O6):56-64; <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> same vol. ‘Observations on<br />
“syncretism” <strong>in</strong> early Icelandic Christianity’, 84-100<br />
[L74] J. Gíslason, ‘Acceptance <strong>of</strong> Christianity <strong>in</strong> Iceland <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> year 1000 (999)’, (O60):223-55<br />
[L75] H. Hugason, ‘The acceptance <strong>of</strong> Christianity <strong>in</strong> Iceland: an attempt at a new <strong>in</strong>terpretation’,<br />
(O78):45-57<br />
[L76] O. Véste<strong>in</strong>sson, ‘The conversion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Icelanders’, [O83]: 325-42<br />
On <strong>the</strong> question <strong>of</strong> Christianity among <strong>the</strong> early settlers cf. (G40 ff.) and:<br />
[L77] J. Hnefill Aðalste<strong>in</strong>sson, ‘Írsk kristni og norræn trú á Íslandi á tíundu öld’, Saga 24 (1986), 205-21<br />
(E.s.)<br />
[L78] J. Jesch, ‘Early christians <strong>in</strong> Icelandic <strong>history</strong>: a case study’, NMS 31 (1987), 17-36<br />
Greenland<br />
For <strong>the</strong> little known about <strong>the</strong> conversion <strong>of</strong> Greenland see <strong>the</strong> V<strong>in</strong>land sagas (B330, B332) and:<br />
[L80] Ó. Halldórsson, ‘The conversion <strong>of</strong> Greenland <strong>in</strong> written sources’, (A47):203-16<br />
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