The Vikings, pt. 2 -- Into Distant Realms
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Christian Missions in Scandinavia
In the 800 20s there was a greater degree of acceptance and even encouragement of christian missionaries in scandinavia having mission churches in a town meant that you could host more foreign merchants who would be able to visit and stay for longer. Many scandinavian kings began to see more of an advantage in encouraging christianity it could serve as a unifying factor bridging local tribal and clan animosities in their kingdoms. In 1027 kenut had abandoned his earlier danish wife in order to marry emma of normandy to bolster his own legitimacy as ruler of england he gave large gifts of money and relics to monasteries but died suddenly after launching
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