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I'm casually stating the obvious. That you stubbornly cling to your "alternative facts" version of history doesn't make me a zealot.
One that I don't hold.
How exactly do they define "peaceful", though?
Personally I wouldn't consider the government enforcing a state religion using violence and deprival of freedom and dignity peaceful, for example.
I cited my sources, actual and recognized historians from actual and recognized universities. I still wait for yours.
I don't see any links
I'm old fashioned, I like actual books. But I can give you some references and citations (if you know how to use Library Genesis or equivalent, you'll download easily, although illegally, those books).
Nora Berend, Christianization and the rise of Christian monarchy: Scandinavia, Central Europe and Rus' c. 900-1200, Cambridge University Press, 2007, p. 20-21.
Alexandra Sanmark, Power and conversion: a comparative study of Christianization in Scandinavia; Uppsala: Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, 2002, p. 113-114.
Régis Boyer, Les Vikings, Perrin, 2015, p. 402 (I translated).
Edit: But if you want something online to read, I believe that this page is quite accurate.