What made the Vikings so Dangerous? 5 Viking Deaths and What They Tell Us About the Viking Mindset

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Script AD 793. Raiders appear without warning off England’s east coast. They land at Lindisfarne, known as Holy Island, where they slaughter monks, steal treasure and holy relics… then vanish back across the dark sea. It was western Europe’s first traumatic encounter with the Vikings. For three centuries, these pagan pirates from Scandinavia terror... Read More