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The Viking Saint: Olaf II of Norway Carr John The Vikings and sainthood are not concepts normally found side by side. 995-1030) embodied both to an extraordinary degree. But Norway's King Olaf II…
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The Viking Saint: Olaf II of Norway Carr John
The Vikings and sainthood are not concepts normally found side by side. 995-1030) embodied both to an extraordinary degree. But Norway's King Olaf II Haraldsson (c.
Olaf lacked none of the traditional Viking qualities of toughness and audacity, yet his routine baptism grew into a burning missionary faith that was all the more remarkable for being combined with his typically Viking determination and energy - and sometimes ruthlessness as well. As a battle-eager teenager he almost single-handedly pulled down London Bridge (as in the nursery rhyme) and took part in many other Viking raids. His overriding mission was to Christianize Norway and extirpate heathenism.
His unstinting efforts, often at great peril to his life, earned him the Norwegian throne in 1015, when he had barely reached his twenties. For the next fifteen years he labored against immense odds to subdue the rebellious
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