BaviPower Viking Blog — Viking age

What Were the Most Serious Crimes in the Viking Age?

What Were the Most Serious Crimes in the Viking Age?

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What is the most serious crime in the Viking Age? The answer is that it is not killing that is the most serious crime.

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Who discovered North America first? Leif or Bjarni?

Which Viking Found America First, Leif Eríksson or Bjarni Herjólfsson?

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It has always been a debate who was the first Vikings to discover North America? Two famous names are often mentioned, Leif Eríksson or Bjarni Herjólfsson.

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Some accounts told that the Vikings killed their children on the spears. But that is just what people said. Whether the story was historically true or a fabrication of the modern writers was another story.

Did the Vikings Kill Infants on their Spears?

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Some accounts told that the Vikings killed their infant by throwing them up to the spears. This sounds savage and unacceptable in this modern age. But the question here is whether the story was historically true or fabrication of the writers. 

 

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Viking King Harald Bluetooth Killed by his own son

Harald Bluetooth: Great Viking King Slain By His Own Son

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Harald Bluetooth was a famous Viking ruler not only during his time but until now as well. The slender boy Harald Gormson once unacknowledged became a great Viking king who unified the Danes and erected many Viking great structures.

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Viking Urnes style outside a Viking Church in Norway

Viking Urnes Styles and Where to Find Them?

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Viking Urnes style was the last phase in the Viking art. The Urnes style shared a lot in common with the Viking Ringerike style but Urnes style is considered to be more stylish and symmetrical than the Viking Ringerike style.

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