Denmark and Life on Small Islands
Vil man forstå Danmark, så kan man næsten ikke overvurdere havets betydning. København har aldrig kunnet matche de store metropoler som Rom, Paris eller London. Det er dog ikke byerne, men vikingernes langbåde, der sikrer, at Danmark for alvor dukker op i...
The Viking Age is Still Here - This Time with a Civil Attitude
The island of Lindisfarne, not far to the south and east of Edinburgh. The year is 793. A horde of hairy, lousy, smelly and cruel Vikings attack the humble, saintly, defenceless Christian monks. They pillage, rape, kill, plunder and loot the monastery, stealing the cover for the Lindisfarne Gospels as well as much more. Tales of the Vikings could easily open like this.