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**craditc** · 04-22-2012, 04:12 AM

The subject is not who they were . The subject of the thread is why the society romantised those peoples who were just criminels .

Since when were "vikings" a homogeneous group, dimwit? Please read a history book before writing nonsense.

Norsemen/Vikings took part in several battles (many in a defensive way against brutal Franks), both as a standing army on their own and as mercenaries/regular troops in other armies. What you are talking about is the glorification/ anti-glorification view of them which is popular today, which isn't any better than the Catholic/Christian view of horned vikings.

Not only does it totally dismiss the Vikings, it also dismiss trade routs, colonization, mercenaries, their cultural impact, political ties (especially between today's Denmark and England/Northern France) etc. Ironically it only focus on the bloody parts such as pirates, pillage etc, than into the geopolitics and its historical consequence that it had for the region.

04-22-2012, 04:12 AM	#4
craditc Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 524 Senior Member	The subject is not who they were . The subject of the thread is why the society romantised those peoples who were just criminels . Since when were "vikings" a homogeneous group, dimwit? Please read a history book before writing nonsense. Norsemen/Vikings took part in several battles (many in a defensive way against brutal Franks), both as a standing army on their own and as mercenaries/regular troops in other armies. What you are talking about is the glorification/ anti-glorification view of them which is popular today, which isn't any better than the Catholic/Christian view of horned vikings. Not only does it totally dismiss the Vikings, it also dismiss trade routs, colonization, mercenaries, their cultural impact, political ties (especially between today's Denmark and England/Northern France) etc. Ironically it only focus on the bloody parts such as pirates, pillage etc, than into the geopolitics and its historical consequence that it had for the region.
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