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Vikings: the great helmet hoax
How practical would it be sail on a cramped ship, to charge around…


How Christian were the Vikings?
Isolated religious communities were easy prey for the Vikings. The lure of gold and silver ornaments in monasteries, nunneries and churches was irresistible to the Norsemen. Yet many Vikings professed to be Christian. So why did they not respect other Christians?




The King's Reeve murdered on Portland
In 787 AD when the Vikings landed on Portland, the King's representative,…