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Fueling your love for the Middle Ages with daily posts. ⚔️ I'm Tim Eveland. I blog about history, post memes, and write fantasy novels. Medieval Twitter 2.0

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In Norway, 1030 AD, pagans killed St. Olaf at the Battle of Stiklestad. But after tales of his miracles grew, his death boosted Christianity and many more pagans converted. This story shows that smoke doesn't always mean a fire; smoldering embers burn much longer. Have faith.

In Norway, 1030 AD, pagans killed St. Olaf at the Battle of Stiklestad. But after tales of his miracles grew, his death boosted Christianity and many more pagans converted.

This story shows that smoke doesn't always mean a fire; smoldering embers burn much longer. Have faith.
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This was one of St. Olaf's predecessors, King Olaf I of Norway, who drowned himself rather than surrendered at the naval Battle of Svolder in 1000 AD after a reign of combating paganism. With a coalition against him he must've feared a resurgence of paganism, but imagine how

This was one of St. Olaf's predecessors, King Olaf I of Norway, who drowned himself rather than surrendered at the naval Battle of Svolder in 1000 AD after a reign of combating paganism.

With a coalition against him he must've feared a resurgence of paganism, but imagine how