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Adoption of Christianity

It is unclear when Scandinavian settlers in the Viking Age adopted Christianity, with evidence suggesting that the speed of adoption varied by region and most scholars supporting the idea that it happened within several generations. The means by which they were converted is not preserved, with no records of missionary activity, possibly explained by the low number of surviving records from the late 9th century until the end of the first half of the 10th century. Despite this, the process of conversion among the elites is attested as having begun in the 9th century, with no more examples in England taking place after the mid 10th century.