Baptized but not Converted: The Vikings in Tenth–Century Francia
Christine Walsh
This essay focuses on one particular encounter between pagan and Christian in tenth–century Western Europe, namely the aftermath of Viking settlement Rouen its environs or around year 911. There is little contemporary evidence for early such as exists was written from a perspective. The Vikings left no records, although their descendants wrote several romanticized accounts origins, again Despite this bias sources, it possible to use them examine interaction two groups. In particular, letters survive, Pope John X (914–28/9) Archbishop Hervé Reims (900–22), which together give unique perspective what like at sharp end influx.
Studies in Church History