Vikings

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moss covered rocks in the woods with trees and bushes around them on either side of it
a group of men dressed in medieval armor
Jorvik Viking Festival 2012
Jorvik Viking Festival
several metal helmets are sitting on a table
Jorvik Viking Festival 2012
a red and white plate on the wall
My second viking shield No01 by sandydolgok on DeviantArt
Vikings
a black and white poster with some lines on it
Urnes style
The Anatomy of Viking Art: Urnes Style
four different views of an old boat in the water and grass with rocks around it
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a map showing the location of europe and its major cities, as well as other countries
Map of Viking expansion The German-speaking peoples, made up of many tribes, originally populated that part of Europe enclosed by the rivers Rhine, Danube, and Vistula. During and after the decline and collapse of the Roman Empire (c. AD200 - 600) they spread out in several directions, occupying areas as far south as northern Italy. (Saga of the Norsemen: Viking and German Myth; Loren Auerbach & Jacqueline Simpson; London 1997, pg 9)
a man with long hair holding a cup in his hand and text that reads, vikings were bute savages? complex culture and society while europe
Christianity, which was forced onto the norse pagan people, by corrupt kings, who formed an alliance with the pope, brought this to an end! Hygene was forbidden by pain of death, literacy was forbidden by pain of death, women were treated as work- and birth machines, and lost all rights... But you don't read that in "history books"... Guess why?