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Thomas DuBois unravels for the first time the history of the Nordic religions in the Viking Age. "A seminal study of Nordic religions that future scholars will not be able to avoid."—Church History

About the Author

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.

Reviews

"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