[Marine_Uncle]

" Some people believe that he had a disease of the brain that made him so crazy violent."

Perhaps he just found an early addtion of a Qur'an.

[brazzaville]

Good evening.
"Perhaps he just found an early addtion of a Qur'an."

Maybe he crossed paths with Ibn Fadlhan.

I have long thought that ocean sailing in open boats wearing wool and leather was what made the Norse so mean.

After a few days beating from some cold northern country they would have nasty salt sores and be truly pissed at the world by the time they made landfall on Britain. The monks would bear the brunt of their anger.


Michael Frazier