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Why were the Vikings against Christianity?

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Because they weren't (necessarily) ??? One one hand yes, it's true Charlemagne massacred Saxons and forced them to convert. It is also true that Saxons were close, ethnically, linguistically and religiously to their Danish neighbors. read more

The Vikings in the northern Europe(Scandinavia) were a brethren race of Saxons. The killing of Saxons infuriated the "brother-kin" of Vikings and their hatred against Charlemagne, Pope and Christianity was imminent. read more

By the end of the Viking Age, however, most Vikings had become fully Christian and were baptized and buried in that faith. Denmark While an earlier Danish Viking king, Harald Klak, had been baptized in 826, it wasn’t until King Harald Bluetooth was baptized in 965 that Christianity took a firmer hold in Denmark. read more

The Vikings came into contact with Christianity through their raids, and when they settled in lands with a Christian population, they adopted Christianity quite quickly. This was true in Normandy, Ireland, and throughout the British Isles. read more