BaviPower Viking Blog — Viking age

DENMARK - A nation in northwestern Europe consisting of the Jutland peninsula and many nearby islands in the Baltic Sea. Denmark is part of Scandinavia and shares a common history with Norway, Sweden, and Iceland. The Vikings are the ancestors of the people in these modern-day nations. Viking society had developed by the 9th century. Viking society consisted of the peoples that lived where is today Denmark, Norway, Sweden. At first, political power was quite diffused. ultimately it became organized in the respective Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish kingdoms. That is a process that helped to bring about the end of...

What is Viking axe? The Viking axe revolutionized the face of war in the duration of history we now call the Viking Age. During this 300 year period of time, Viking warriors were feared and appreciated around the widely known world for their use of weapons, but they acquired a special reputation for their use of the axe. How was Viking axe used? In Viking Age Scandinavia, the axe was the common item used by every farmer. Even the poorest farm must have an axe for cutting and splitting wood, so from childhood, everyone who raised on a farm knew...