. A church history for the use of schools and colleges . urage and fieryzeal he preached the Christian faith and convertedmany. Even one of the kings chiefs, Herigar, acceptedbaptism and built On his possessions the first Christianchapel in the North. After his return to Germany Ansgar was appointedarchbishop, first inHamburg, and whenthis city was de-stroyed by vikings,in Bremen. Fromthis place Ansgarcontinued to super-intend the mission-ary work in theNorthern the priests hehad left. at Birkawere driven awayby a tumult of theheathen, he visitedthis city the secondtime about 85
. A church history for the use of schools and colleges . urage and fieryzeal he preached the Christian faith and convertedmany. Even one of the kings chiefs, Herigar, acceptedbaptism and built On his possessions the first Christianchapel in the North. After his return to Germany Ansgar was appointedarchbishop, first inHamburg, and whenthis city was de-stroyed by vikings,in Bremen. Fromthis place Ansgarcontinued to super-intend the mission-ary work in theNorthern the priests hehad left. at Birkawere driven awayby a tumult of theheathen, he visitedthis city the secondtime about 850. Byhis kindness andmanly courage, he succeeded in pacifying the heathen, and the udalmen (freefarmers) decided at the thing (court meeting) that Chris-tianity should continue to be preached in the land. Afterhaving thus happily settled the matter he returned toBremen and there labored untiringly for the conversionof the North until his death in 865. At first Christianity made very slow headway in thecountries of the far North. Through influences from. St. Ansgar. 96 THE MEDIEVAL ERA Germany and England the Christian Church gained afinal victory in Denmark during the reign of Canute theGreat (1014—1035). Norway, which stood in close con-nection with the British Isles, received Christianity fromthem. Two Norwegian kings, Olaf Tryggvesson andOlaf Haraldsson (the Saint), labored especially for theintroduction of the Christian faith among their did not disdain to use compulsion to gain theirpurpose. Because of his cruelties Olaf Haraldssonbrought upon himself the hatred and vengeance of hisheathen subjects, and he was obliged to flee from theland. When he returned to regain his kingdom by forceof arms, he fell in the battle of Stiklestad, A. D. his death public opinion suddenly changed. Thepeople abandoned their idolatry and accepted Chris-tianity. King Olaf was looked upon as a martyr tohis faith and was worshiped as the patron Saint ofNorway. In Sweden
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