I've always been a fan of Viking history, and I was just curious if there was any strife and/or conflict between pagan Vikings and newly-converted Christian vikings, and to what extent their beliefs conflicted, as well as how they settled any differences.
Did pagan Vikings detest the early forms of Christianity as it slowly crept into their culture? Did pagan Vikings have a disdain for fellow Vikings who converted? Was there any blood shed over these conflicting beliefs?
Additional [optional] question: Did early Christian converts attempt to merge certain aspects of the older belief systems to appeal to pagan Vikings in an attempt to make conversion easier?
Thank you, and I apologize if I've asked too many questions and/or worded them poorly.
It's a complicated bit of history - much of the conversion could be said to have occurred in a largely preliterate society, and by the time events were recorded, they were being recorded by Christian clerics. There was undoubtedly conflict, and demonstrated in the conversion sequences of Njalls saga, but frequently this is presented as stemming less from the intransigence of pagans than from the excessive zeal of Christian Scandinavians who retained a decidedly 'Viking' method of resolving conflict.
There are scholars who have dedicated careers to these questions - this blog might be of help.