Rimbert's <i>Vita Anskarii</i> and Scandinavian Mission in the Ninth Century
James T. Palmer
The idea of converting Scandinavia to Christianity had been enthusiastically pursued by the Emperor Louis Pious and Archbishop Ebbo Rheims in 820s. Optimism such as theirs was, however, not last, little progress was made between death Rimbert Hamburg-Bremen 888 conversion Harald Bluetooth a century later. This article examines how wrote saint's Life about Anskar, his predecessor ‘apostle north’, an attempt arrest waning support for mission. It considers this achieved placing text context clashes successor, Hincmar, predestination debate that mission fulfilling apocalyptic prophecies.
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History|St Andrews Research Repository (St Andrews Research Repository)