Editing Northern Europe (section)

===Religion===
{{See also|Reformation#Reformation outside Germany|label1=§ Reformation outside Germany}}
During the [[Early Middle Ages]], the [[Roman Catholic Church]] expanded into northern Europe and spread [[Christianity]] among the [[Germanic peoples]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tanner |first1=Norman |title=New Short History of the Catholic Church |page=41}}</ref> Christianity reached the peoples of [[Scandinavia]] and the [[Baltic region]] in later centuries. The [[Latin alphabet]] <!-- replacing the [[runic alphabet]] in parts of [[Scandinavia]] and [[England]] -->along with the influence of [[Western Christianity]] spread northward from [[Rome]], leading to written [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Danish language|Danish]], [[Swedish language|Swedish]], [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]], [[Irish language|Irish]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celtic languages – Irish &#124; Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Celtic-languages/Irish |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326031851/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Celtic-languages/Irish |archive-date=26 March 2023 |access-date=25 April 2023 |website=www.britannica.com}}</ref> [[Scottish Gaelic|Scottish]],<ref name=Mackenzie1992>{{cite journal|last=Mackenzie|first=Donald W.|year=1990–92|title=The Worthy Translator: How the Scottish Gaels got the Scriptures in their own Tongue|journal=Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness|volume=57|pages=168–202}}</ref> [[Welsh language|Welsh]],<ref name="Watkins">Watkins, T. Arwyn (1993) "Welsh" in Ball, Martin J. with Fife, James (Eds) ''The Celtic Languages.'' London/New York: Routledge: 289-348.</ref> [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], [[Latvian language|Latvian]], [[Estonian language|Estonian]], [[Finnish language|Finnish]] and [[Sámi languages]]. The [[Sámi people|Sámi]] were the last peoples to be converted in the 18th century.<ref>Kenneth Scott Latourette, ''A history of expansion of Christianity. Vol 2. The thousand years of uncertainty: AD 500–AD 1500'' (1938) pp. 106–43.</ref>