As the Vikings continued to expand, they endured more religious transformation from paganism to Christianity. In Denmark, the conversation occurred under King Gorm. This King despised Christianity and sought to destroy this religion. When King Henry traveled into Denmark, King Gorm granted Henry power over him, but still refused to convert to Christianity. His later generations however, fail to maintain such resistance beginning with Bluetooth. Bluetooth allowed public profession of Christ causing the religion to spread quicker. In France, according to the anecdote, “Rollo Obtains Normandy from King of Franks” Dudo writes, under Rollo, Christianity spread. Rollo and King Charles congregated, and under Christian oath agreed that Rollo converged
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The first conflict to note circulates around the perspective clashes between the barbarian’s viewpoint and the settler’s outlook, especially since these settlers tended to be the Norsemen’s victims. This caused extreme bias in the form of hatred; for example, the foreigners bashed the Vikings for simplicity. Ibn Idhara, an Islamic individual who wrote “Vikings in the Iberian Peninsula”, is a victim of the raids. He outlined the fear Vikings instilled when conquering and how rough and ruthless the Norsemen were on children and women, while murdering the foreign male citizens. However, he tended to boast the Norse more than other victims because the Islamic people eventually defeated the Norse in this anecdote. This would display an impressive victory if the Norsemen were a worthy opponent. Another source values their culture and praises their leaders. It degrades the Vikings not just because they are different, but also because the victims endured their wrath. Even in the case of merchants, outsiders only witnessed them after long trips on a boat; for example, they thought their race was filthy, but they never analyzed that these men spent weeks on a ship full of men in close quarters. In fact we can tell from other archeological evidence found from Viking sources portrayed the opposite
The first conflict to note circulates around the perspective clashes between the barbarian’s viewpoint and the settler’s outlook, especially since these settlers tended to be the Norsemen’s victims. This caused extreme bias in the form of hatred; for example, the foreigners bashed the Vikings for simplicity. Ibn Idhara, an Islamic individual who wrote “Vikings in the Iberian Peninsula”, is a victim of the raids. He outlined the fear Vikings instilled when conquering and how rough and ruthless the Norsemen were on children and women, while murdering the foreign male citizens. However, he tended to boast the Norse more than other victims because the Islamic people eventually defeated the Norse in this anecdote. This would display an impressive victory if the Norsemen were a worthy opponent. Another source values their culture and praises their leaders. It degrades the Vikings not just because they are different, but also because the victims endured their wrath. Even in the case of merchants, outsiders only witnessed them after long trips on a boat; for example, they thought their race was filthy, but they never analyzed that these men spent weeks on a ship full of men in close quarters. In fact we can tell from other archeological evidence found from Viking sources portrayed the opposite