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The Viking Saint : Olaf II of Norway by John Carr; is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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About the Author: John Carr has enjoyed a career as a journalist, correspondent and broadcaster (The Times, Wall Street Journal Europe, Vatican Radio), mainly in the Mediterranean and particularly Greece, where he now resides. He is the author of On Spartan Wings: The Royal Hellenic Air Force in World War II'; Spartas Kings'; The Defence and Fall of Greece 1940-41'; RHNS Averof' and Fighting Emperors of Byzantium', all published by Pen & Sword.The Vikings and sainthood are not concepts normally found side by side. But Norway’s King Olaf II Haraldsson (c. 995-1030) embodied both to an extraordinary degree. 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 . 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. His overriding mission was to Christianize Norway and extirpate heathenism. His unstinting efforts, often at great peril to his life, earned him the Norwegia

Who reads The Viking Saint : Olaf II of Norway?

Author

John Carr;

Publisher

Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, LLC

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781399087827

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography