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Norwegian Vikings Among the First to Raid British Isles
Archaeology Magazine ^
| Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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Posted on 01/03/2015 10:28:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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01/03/2015 10:28:24 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Next came the mussies .....
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01/03/2015 10:28:52 AM PST
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SkyDancer
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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01/03/2015 10:28:56 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SkyDancer
Anyone who watches the TV series “Vikings” should know this. /s
To: Real Cynic No More
Anyone who watches the TV series Vikings should know this. /s
I couldn’t make it past two episodes.
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01/03/2015 10:36:12 AM PST
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laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: SunkenCiv
Bernard Cornwell had this figured out decades ago. Just read his excellent Warlord Chronicles series.
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01/03/2015 10:40:32 AM PST
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Afterguard
(Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: SunkenCiv
I DON’T like SPAM!
(Bloody Vikings!)
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01/03/2015 10:42:54 AM PST
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Real Cynic No More; laplata
That show is truly awful from a historical accuracy standpoint — the Saxons wearing the armor the English used in “Braveheart,” and some them even wearing burgonet helmets like a bunch of conquistadors! Add to that the Saxons not understanding shieldwalls or basic swordsmanship. I understand there is a theme they are going for -- rich affluent but inept Saxons vs. hungry, skillful warrior Vikings, but still. And the whole "women integrated into combat" thing the show has -- I can't recall the number of arguments I've had with ignorant morons who insist this is accurate. Never mind the total dearth of evidence in everything from contemptorary accounts, grave goods, osteology, and common sense on this score.
However, I read that the BCC is making an adaption of Bernard Cornwell's awesome, excellent Saxon Chronicles, due out some time next year. Provided they don't screw it up too much, it will be worth watching to say the least!
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01/03/2015 10:45:46 AM PST
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Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor, Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.)
To: SunkenCiv
Ooh, is THAT ever pretty.
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01/03/2015 10:50:33 AM PST
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Beowulf9
To: Afterguard
I just read the latest book in Cornwell’s Saxon Chronicles-about the interactions between Saxons and Norse in Britain in the late 9th-early 10th century.
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01/03/2015 10:51:00 AM PST
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Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Good points. I couldn’t agree more.
Yes, hopefully the BBC program will be good.
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01/03/2015 10:52:23 AM PST
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laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: Real Cynic No More
Up till 1658, Trondelag was a province of greater Denmark - part of the Bornholm Viking Network. This network eventually joined with the Templars after they were outlawed.
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
I saw that, too-Brit productions are usually more historically accurate than the Hollyfarce ones-the Saxon Chronicles are not finished yet-maybe BBC will stay with the books to the end?
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01/03/2015 10:54:21 AM PST
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Texan5
("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
To: Afterguard
I've got a frakkin' boardgame where the optimum strategy for the Vikings is to trade with the natives first, then raid 'em, and finally settle on their joint.
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01/03/2015 11:38:28 AM PST
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BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
I didn’t know that the BBC was doing that... Finally, something worthwhile to watch on TV that doesn’t include The Doctor or Top Gear! Uhtred of Bebbanburg has become one of my favorite literary characters. Hope they do him justice.
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01/03/2015 12:04:55 PM PST
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Afterguard
(Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: left that other site
I lived on Spam in college.
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Quote me the episode where you’ve seen them wearing a burgeonet style heltmet. I have both season 1 and 2 on DVD.
Further, yes... The Saxons do fight well... For Saxons. Against Vikings, a lot of folks came up short. There are at least two battles where the Vikings are outmanuevered and defeated.
And yes, there is actual evidence that Norse women not only accompanied men on raids, but fought as well. Realativly rare, but it did actually happen.
You can call Saxo a liar, but then you are undercutting using what he wrote about a lot of other things as well.
http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Kaupang_in_Skiringssal.html?id=0OYiAQAAIAAJ
Several of the female graves at this dig site included woman sized axes, arrows, and knives. Noted in that they are similar in kit buried with male warriors.
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01/03/2015 12:41:30 PM PST
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Dead Corpse
(A Psalm in napalm...)
To: Texan5
The writer of Vikings has admitted he’s taking liberties. Folks who want 100% accuracy are doomed to disappointment.
It’s good entertainment.
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01/03/2015 12:43:40 PM PST
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Dead Corpse
(A Psalm in napalm...)
To: traderrob6
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01/03/2015 12:44:28 PM PST
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: SunkenCiv
Being from Minnesota I bet the Vikings lost at the Super Battle and Chieftain Bud Grant moved to a neighboring country to escape the wrath.
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