Challenge traditional stereotypes and learn the real story, examining their influence and legacy. Recorded July 6, 2023 onboard the Viking Neptune.
Notes:
- This lecture misuses the term Geiger Counter when Metal Detector is meant — sorry for the error!
- In this lecture I mention that the events of 1066AD are Viking on Viking violence and the Battle of Hastings might be considered the end of the Viking Era…inferring that William the Conqueror (from Normandy), King Herald of England (with Norwegian heritage), Anglo-Saxons, and King Herald of Norway each represent the last of what might be considered Viking heritage. This is clearly an over simplification. However…
- William is a descendent of Rollo the Viking and Normandy was formed through a Viking land grant with Charles the Simple of France (911AD). While the future generations became very French, the might still be considered descendants of Vikings and Viking culture.
- While the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes migrated to England several hundred years prior to the classic Viking age (449AD), I would argue that these cultures shared genetic and cultural similarities to later Vikings from northern Germanic territories. In fact, the later Vikings in the area of Denmark emerged from the same geographic area just a couple hundred years later.
- King Herald of Norward was a descendent of King Knut who would likely be considered a Viking. While Viking identity was in the decline (the point in my lecture) Harold Hardrada could still be considered one of the last leaders with a Viking heritage.