Oh yes indeed, the St. Patrick's of this world are few and far between! But if he really believed the pagans would be condemned to hell by their sinful behavior he might feel enough pity for them to at least talk about his faith and salvation to them, while not exactly preaching a sermon. I'm sure since the Vikings…

Of course the monk wouldn't be preaching a hell-fire and brimstone sermon to the kiddies but just bring up the subject in sly ways and tell Bible stories that would fascinate them. As an intelligent man he would know when and where this would be successful to avoid possible conflict. As a Christian he would feel…

I'm sure it would have been humiliating for King Harold to lose to actual Frenchmen rather than the descendants of Rollo.

Athelstan's conversion attempts would have been very subtle so as not to get him into trouble, perhaps telling Bible stories to impressionable children and teaching them right from wrong.
I still find it hard to believe a Athelstan could have forgotten his previous 20 years of life so completely and think his…

Are you saying the Vikings killed children in battle?
All the histories written indicate the Vikings were terrifyingly cruel and the victims were not use to dealing with pagans of this caliber. They were a product of their time and culture and just didn't know any better. Once they became Christians they were taught…