Were Vikings Really Cruel?
The Vikings Were Legendary for Their Brutality and Fearlessness in Battle, but Were Nonetheless Human And, Thus, Suffered Injuries of Varying Degrees of...
The Vikings were legendary for their brutality and fearlessness in battle, but were nonetheless human and, thus, suffered injuries of varying degrees of significance in combat. ... Another similarly brutal medical practice was the use of blood from a wound to determine the nature of an injury.
Why were the Vikings so brutal?
They took cattle, money and food. It's likely they carried off women, too, he says. "They'd burn down settlements and leave a trail of destruction." It was unprovoked aggression. And unlike most armies, they came by sea, their narrow-bottomed longships allowing them to travel up rivers and take settlements by surprise.
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Advances in Shipbuilding and Navigation
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