Vikings Quotes

“The little logo that sits at the top of the screen of any ‘Bluetooth-enabled’ hardware () is actually a monogram created from the two runes that represent Harald’s initials”
― Neil Oliver, The Vikings: A New History

“The Vikings were never defeated; rather they allowed themselves to be assimilated.”
― Neil Oliver, The Vikings: A New History

“Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote: ‘For life in the present there is no death. Death is not an event in life. It is not a fact in the world.”
― Neil Oliver, The Vikings: A New History

“we can be sure that royal suffering was transferred down the hierarchy until the poorest folk ended up bearing the burden, as usual.”
― Neil Oliver, The Vikings: A New History

“ancestors of the Vikings had learnt a vital lesson: whatever was missing at home could be obtained from the neighbours.”
― Neil Oliver, The Vikings: A New History

“The Vikings were a long time coming. The product of 8,000 years’ worth of lives lived — hunters, farmers and metal-workers; masters of boats, carved in stone and crafted from timber; traders in amber, furs and oil; warriors and kings;”
― Neil Oliver, The Vikings: A New History