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In this work, Dubois unravels the history of the Nordic religions in the Viking Age and shows how these ancient beliefs and their oral traditions incorporated both a myriad of local beliefs and aspects of foreign religions, notably Christianity.'

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This is a sophisticated, well-written, and convincing reconception of the nature of religious change in the early medieval world. -Journal of Ecclesiastical History A seminal study of Nordic religions that future scholars will not be able to avoid. -Church History

This is a sophisticated, well-written, and convincing reconception of the nature of religious change in the early medieval world. --Journal of Ecclesiastical History A seminal study of Nordic religions that future scholars will not be able to avoid. --Church History

This is a sophisticated, well-written, and convincing reconception of the nature of religious change in the early medieval world. -Journal of Ecclesiastical History A seminal study of Nordic religions that future scholars will not be able to avoid. -Church History

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Thomas A. DuBois is Associate Professor in the Department of Scandinavian Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Washington. He is the author of Finnish Folk Poetry and the Kalevala.

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