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Quotation from The Early Kings of Norway by Thomas Carlyle
“In about two years Norway was all gone over with a rough harrow of conversion”
The Early Kings of Norway, Ch. VII, Reign of Olaf Tryggveson (Project Gutenberg #1932)
Carlyle's summary of Olaf Tryggveson's forcible Christianization, which he says made heathenism silent and outwardly conformable.
Citation: "In about two years Norway was all gone over with a rough harrow of conversion" — Thomas Carlyle, The Early Kings of Norway, Ch. VII, Reign of Olaf Tryggveson (Project Gutenberg #1932). (id early-kings-of-norway-q4)
