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Viking warriors: stories to listen to | HearLore
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Viking warriors
Erik the RedErik Thorvaldsson was born in the Jæren district of Rogaland, Norway around 950 CE. His father Thorvald Asvaldsson fled Norway after committing manslaughter…
HousecarlThe word housecarl enters the English language through the Old Norse term húskarl, which literally translates to "house man".
LagerthaThe twelfth-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus wrote the story of Lagertha in his work Gesta Danorum. This text describes a Viking ruler and shield-maiden…
JomsvikingsThe Jomsvikings were a legendary order of Viking mercenaries or conquerors of the 10th and 11th centuries. Their story appears in Icelandic sagas from the…
RolloRollo died in 933, and his tomb states he was in his eighties at that time. This detail places his birth somewhere in the mid-9th century, though no calendar…