![]() The study of the Vikings is a fluid one in that there are new discoveries from evacuations and advanced technology. It also covers the exciting period when they built their amazing boats and took to the sea. ![]() The book covers it as well as Viking living conditions, how towns and kingdoms were set up, daily dress, religious customs, diet, their poetry and language. I was partially interested in Viking art and burial practices since we visited the National Museum of Iceland in Reykjavik. Only one third of the book is about the Viking exploration into Russia, France and England as well as Iceland and Greenland. Her book is a concentrated study of the Viking civilization mainly set from c.750 – c.1050. ![]() In 1992, she became the knight of the Dannebrog Order. Author Else Roesdahl is a Danish medieval archaeologist, historian and educator and does an insightful, solid job in teaching the reader the history of the Scandinavians. Since we came back from a trip to Iceland, I have been wanted to read more about the Vikings. ![]() “That which has a bad beginning, is likely to have a bad ending.” ![]()
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