[The Book of Christianity] is a medieval account of the Christianisation of Iceland at the turn of the millennium and the history of the early Icelandic church. It dates from the middle of the thirteenth century.

was written in Iceland, incorporating elements of Ari Þorgilsson’s

[Book of the Icelanders] from the early twelfth century, but with much new material. In its earliest surviving version, written between 1306 and 1308 in the great compilation Hauksbók, it is a continuation of the narrative of the

[Book of Settlements]. It is believed to have been added to the

around 1240, in a version similar to the extant

and

. There is no evidence that earlier versions of

contained…

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Citation: Jakobsson, Sverrir. "Kristni saga". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 27 January 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=40982, accessed 21 February 2025.]