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1,000-year-old iron ring reveals how Vikings handled medieval money
In a nutshell An ancient Viking ring inscription, previously thought to require payment of fines in both oxen AND silver, ...
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The Secret Lives of Vikings
Old Norse, in which víkingr just meant “raider.” As the medievalist Tom Shippey once put it, the term “wasn’t an ethnic label, it was a job description.” Talking about the Viking Age is ...