29 Christian Expansion Northward Flashcards
What were some factors that made Christianity attractive to the Vikings mentioned by Irvin?
1) Familiarity among inhabitants regarding Christianity’s teachings and practices because of captured slaves
2) Attractions of the Frankish civilisation
Who was remembered as the first apostle to the North
Anskar, later ordained bishop of Denmark and Sweden.
A young German missionary monk, who established a base in the Swedish merchant town of Birka, near Lake Malaren to the west of modern Stockholm.
What’s the name of the Russian queen that became a Christian at 60 years old and asked the emperor (of Constantinople) himself to undertake her instruction in the Christian faith and baptize her?
Queen Olga, later Helena
Who became a Christian, married the Roman emperor’s sister Anna and laid the foundations for a strong Russian national Christian identity?
King Vladimir
What did King Harald Bluetooth do with his parents’ remains when he became a Christian, that became symbolic of the transition taking place among the northern people?
He had their remains removed from their traditional royal burial mound and reburied under the church he had built in his capital.
