Why were Scandinavian women such active proponents to Christian conversion? A question which has found itself recurrent in conversion literature. This book is a preliminary investigation which explores women in Norse and Christian mythology highlighting their similarities and discussing the roles of Christian women and Norse pre-Christian women again highlighting similarities between the two in order to show that some outlying factor was responsible for women's decision to convert to Christianity.
Why were Scandinavian women such active proponents to Christian conversion? A question which has found itself recurrent in conversion literature. This book is a preliminary investigation which explores women in Norse and Christian mythology highlighting their similarities and discussing the roles...