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Yet do we truly know the real Vikings? Do we genuinely recognize who they were, what they did, and what they stood for? The modern cultural imagination captures only aspects of the Vikings, and what we think we know is skewed, exaggerated, or simply misunderstood. Their iconic horned helmets, for starters, never existed ...
— Jan 15, 2017 10:59PM
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Hierarchically organized "feudal" kingdoms with defined territories and a more or less bureaucratic administration replaced looser confederations of warriors. Kings strove to organize an orderly succession to the kingdom ... in sharp contrast to the free-for-all of the Viking Age, when warlords fought for the unstable loyalties of people not defined territories.
— Jan 16, 2017 10:02PM
