Posted on 01/03/2015 10:28:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv
A new examination of ninth-century A.D. burial sites in the central Norwegian region of Trondelag has revealed they contain many more artifacts from Britain, such as brooches, drinking horns, and swords, than had been previously believed. "These graves are some of the earliest proof that we have of contact between Norway and the British Isles," archaeologist Aina Margrethe Heen Pettersen told Science Nordic. She argues that Vikings from Trondelag were among the first to voyage across the North Sea, and emphasizes that they were not simply bent on raiding. "Contact with the Anglo-Saxons means more than just violent pillaging. Drinking horns and swords are considered to be gifts in support of alliances. And scales that have been found suggest that there was trading between the Vikings and the people of the British Isles at the time." To read in-depth about some of the earliest Viking raids, see "The First Vikings."
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Yes, it was a pretty awful TV series.
:’)
Fran Tarkenton says Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice should never play again
http://mmqb.si.com/2014/12/05/nfl-fran-tarkenton-adrian-peterson-ray-rice-robert-griffin-iii-rg3/
Wow, thanks everyone, you’ve built nice thread, and that’s just so far.
My dna testing (two different) indicated I was 18% Scandinavian. Considering my genealogical research shows near 100% Anglo/Celtic surnames, I’d guess Norse invasions were pretty common back then.
Definitely. And in great condition.
Good article, and Fran is correct.
Try a console TV from the 1950s. Nice and sturdy.
(Not that I have any first hand knowledge or anything like that)
Good idea, but those 50’s era TV sets have those pesky knobs that can cause injury! LOL!
(Not that I have any first hand knowledge or anything like that)
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The Michael Wood documentary “The Story of England” (just got it, watched it twice, or rather listened to it and watched it depending on where I was in the house) has quite a bit about the long series of transitions mostly in one small set of villages for which there’s a remarkable paper trail. By the time it fell under Viking rule, the Celts and Romano-Celts had adopted the language and culture of the Angles/Saxons. The roughest period was the Norman Conquest.
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