conversion of Iceland at the Althing

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The conversion of Iceland at the Althing was the moment in the year 1000 when Iceland’s national assembly peacefully decided to adopt Christianity as the island’s official religion, marking a key turning point in its religious and political history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political decision ⓘ
religious conversion ⓘ
allowedException eating horseflesh initially permitted ⓘ
exposure of unwanted infants initially permitted ⓘ
private practice of pagan rites initially permitted ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Icelandic Commonwealth ⓘ
chronologyWithin Christianization era of Northern Europe ⓘ
late Viking Age ⓘ
country Iceland ⓘ
decisionCharacter peaceful settlement ⓘ
decisionMethod arbitration by lawspeaker ⓘ
describedAs peaceful conversion of a whole country by legal decision ⓘ
describedIn Kristni saga ⓘ
Íslendingabók ⓘ
determinedBy Althing ⓘ
followedBy construction of Christian churches in Iceland ⓘ
establishment of church organization in Iceland ⓘ
foundation of Icelandic bishoprics ⓘ
hasCause religious conflict between pagans and Christians in Iceland ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact influenced Icelandic literature and saga tradition ⓘ
shaped Icelandic national historical memory ⓘ
hasEffect gradual decline of Norse paganism in Iceland ⓘ
official adoption of Christianity in Iceland ⓘ
religious unity policy in Iceland ⓘ
hasTopic compromise in religious policy ⓘ
conflict between pagan chieftains and Christian converts ⓘ
role of lawspeaker in conflict resolution ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
legalStatusChanged Christianity became official religion of Iceland ⓘ
public practice of paganism was banned ⓘ
location Althing ⓘ
Þingvellir ⓘ
partOf Christianization of Scandinavia ⓘ
Christianization of the Nordic countries ⓘ
pointInTime 1000 ⓘ
around the year 1000 CE ⓘ
politicalContext Icelandic Commonwealth without a king ⓘ
relatedEvent Christianization of Greenland ⓘ
Christianization of Norway ⓘ
religionAdopted Christianity ⓘ
religionReplaced Norse paganism ⓘ
linked to: Norse mythology

Old Norse religion ⓘ
linked to: Norse mythology
significance helped maintain internal peace in Iceland ⓘ
linked Iceland more closely to Christian Europe ⓘ
turning point in Icelandic political history ⓘ
turning point in Icelandic religious history ⓘ
significantPerson Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði ⓘ

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Christianization of Scandinavia → notableEvent → conversion of Iceland at the Althing ⓘ
Olaf Tryggvason → influenced → Christianization of Iceland ⓘ
linked to: conversion of Iceland at the Althing
conversion of Iceland at the Althing → legalStatusChanged → Christianity became official religion of Iceland ⓘ
linked to: conversion of Iceland at the Althing
Icelandic Commonwealth → significantEvent → Christianization of Iceland ⓘ
linked to: conversion of Iceland at the Althing