To: blam
I thought the Vikings were peace loving seafarers who only wished to trade with their neighbors. Why would anyone want to hide from them?
10 posted on
02/25/2006 11:06:22 AM PST by
riker7
("I'm frightened beyond the capacity for rational thought")
To: riker7
Actually, you're not completely off base here...the Danish Vikings who cruised the British Isles were the warlike, rapacious lot; but, the Swedish Vikings traveling south into Europe were more likely to trade with you as kill you.
19 posted on
02/25/2006 1:49:48 PM PST by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: riker7
I thought the Vikings were peace loving seafarers who only wished to trade with their neighbors. Why would anyone want to hide from them?
They were peace loving traders - sometimes. If they showed up on your shore and the nearest armed force was a couple days away they had a party – they took what they wanted. Any objections were quickly taken care of. If the nearest armed force were in town they would set up for trade. Wars were something different.
32 posted on
02/25/2006 3:30:09 PM PST by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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