[Viking2002]

See? We weren't such bad folk.....LOL :-)

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Accompanying art:

Viking jewelry and crafts, such as the crucifix pictured above, were important to Viking culture. They offer evidence that Vikings were not merely barbarians, but also farmers, artists, shipbuilders, and innovators, according to researchers.

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Accompanying art:

Viking jewelry and crafts, such as the crucifix pictured above, were important to Viking culture. They offer evidence that Vikings were not merely barbarians, but also farmers, artists, shipbuilders, and innovators, according to researchers.

[solzhenitsyn]

Scholars say the Viking raids were about survival, not conquest, and were prompted primarily by a shortage of land.

So they weren't the bad guys, they just needed liebensraum?

[Androcles]

Cool post. Ever since I disvovered the sagas I've loved Viking culture and winced whenever you see the normal drunken barbarian thug descriptions.

My favourite angle is their love of lawsuit. A kills B. B's family sues A. Wins heaps. B's brother doesn't agree with size of settlement, kills A. A's brother slaughters' C, back to court, more slaughter and so on. Great stuff!

[Johnny_Cipher]

Viking art found its expression in everyday objects—in swords, belts, horse harnesses. But most Vikings probably also walked around with a pound of jewelry around their necks.

I pity da fool, ya shure ye betcha.