Carlsen, Christian: Visions of the Afterlife in Old Norse Literature (BN 8)Over the past few decades, scholarship within the field of Old Norse studies has increasingly recognised the influence of Christian thought and art in shaping the distinctive cultural heritage of this region. The formative impact of these impulses on native literature should not be underestimated. Scriptural texts, homiletic writings, saints lives, and theological treatises found their way to Iceland and Norway at an early stage following the