Christianity replaced the Viking religion, but not by persecution. Vikings converted peacefully like most people's in ancient times and modern times.
Look at the Viking settlements in Greenland. They were established when Vikings were pagans. But in time, they became Christians and remains of their churches are still there in Greenland. There was no crusade to conquer them and force them to convert ... they did so willingly.
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Christianity was spreading its influence throughout Europe and also reached the outer frontier in Greenland, where it established itself in the country in 1000 AD and the first churches were soon erected.
Hvalsey Church was probably built in the 14th century but is the best preserved of the churches in Greenland from that period.
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When you walk into the very well preserved church ruins, you can clearly feel the presence of history.
Almost as if the Norse settlers had only just left the building. Of course, the wooden roof and the interior are no longer present, but otherwise the church appears very much as it did when it was abandoned in the 15th century with stone walls towering up to a height of some 5-6 metres.
Today nothing is left of the churchyard that surrounded the church, although the stone wall that enclosed the churchyard can still be made out in the terrain.
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People gathered here from far and wide to attend Christian festivals throughout the year. The ships of the Norse settlers were anchored side by side on the fjord, whilst other people arrived overland on horseback or on foot. Immediately west of the church there are ruins of a large residential complex with stables and a banquet hall for the many visitors.
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The last recorded ecclesiastical event at Hvalsey Church was a wedding which took place on 16 September, 1408. An account of this event was recorded a couple of years later on Iceland.
This record reveals that there were many people in the church that day, which is an indication that there were still many Norse settlers at that time. On the fjord the Old Norse ships have been replaced by the modern motorboat, which sails present-day visitors to the church.
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Re the rest of your lying article, it was Christians that PRESERVED be pain-staking recopying the best of the west's classical culture. |
