Vikings

3/14/2015

Tony's latest podcast looks at the Vikings, and examines some of their raids on England, including that on Lindisfarne in 793AD.

The Ravager, a painting showing Vikings in cold weather.
John Charles Dollman [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

"Gokstad viking ship -excavation". Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

A Viking Helmet
By NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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Ann Robertson link

3/15/2015 05:51:44 am

Very interesting- I too thought of the Vikings as raiders who weren't barbaric, but as you said, Pirates 'Raping and Pillaging' and taking whatever they wanted. Now it seems as 793 has transferred over millions of years and become much more barbaric in the form of
Jihadis.

Vikings

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