In a nutshell An ancient Viking ring inscription, previously thought to require payment of fines in both oxen AND silver, ...

The extent of their raids had a resounding genetic impact throughout much of Europe, as researchers found that many people outside of Scandinavia during the Viking Age had a mix of local and ...

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 ...