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Daily Mail ^ | August 26, 2013 | Hugo Gye

[Bigg Red]

So disappointed by that series. Waste of my time. I suspect that the only reason I kept watching the DVR’d shows was that the actor portraying Raggnar reminded me of my deceased son.

[PapaBear3625]

Actually, in that period of history, there were places where urban Muslims were considerably more “civilized” than northern Europeans. Baths for instance.

In a hot climate, you can bathe in unheated water. In a cold climate, it takes considerable firewood to heat a bath full of water.

Just because they didn't immerse themselves in baths, doesn't mean they didn't wash themselves. When all you have is cold water, you can wash yourself with a cloth, and just splash yourself to rinse. I've had to do this from time to time.

[Bigg Red]

Love “Canterbury Tales”!

[Bigg Red]

Cursive, foiled again.

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Brilliant!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Not surprisingly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf:_The_Monsters_and_the_Critics

[Conservative4Ever]

Sorry to hear about your son, The Vikings I was referring to was the old kirk Douglas movie. I was ten years old when i first saw it...I thought it was great. Have not seen the new series...maybe should get the DVD.

[Conservative4Ever]

As a ten year old, I loved The Vikings when it came out. Still get the DVD out when an adventure film is desired. :-)

[ctdonath2]

PDF of the original - PLEASE?

[ctdonath2]

At the other extreme: "Beowulf" (1999, Christopher Lambert) was delightfully awful. The summary describes it as a "futuristic techno-futile" tale. Couldn't even get the back of the box right.