How the Vikings Saved Europe and Got a Terrible Reputation
William O'Connor - Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/17/how-the-vikings-saved-europe-and-got-a-terrible-reputation.html
History teaches us that the Vikings were brutal, thieving
invaders, but much of that history was written by Viking victims:
European monks. New evidence says otherwise. / ... The image we have
today of the marauding Vikings is both wildly off the mark, and ignores
the major contributions they made in shaping Europe during the Middle
Ages. That demystification and deep dive into the world of one of
history's most iconic people is the subject of a new book, The Age of
the Vikings, by Anders Winroth. Not only are the Vikings completely
misunderstood, he argues, but they may have saved Europe.
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