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                                    On the Viking Trail
Set sail into the world of the Vikings—fearsome raiders, daring explorers, skilled traders and remarkable storytellers. From longships and legendary warriors to distant voyages, gods, myths and everyday life, these talks journey beyond the familiar image of the Viking raider to reveal the fascinating people behind the legend.
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The speed & daring of the Vikings was legendary and Christian monks wrote with horror about violent raids on monasteries and towns. 

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The Vikings Age began with raiding around the coast of Britain, then they began to settle on the Scottish islands, the Highlands & Ireland.
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Greenland was settled from Iceland & carries on a family tradition of getting into trouble. It begins with the story of Eric the Red.
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The people who were living in what is today Sweden went east, as far as Constantinople, looking for  trading opportunities and riches.
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The Vikings first sailed up the Seine in 845, returning 3 times in the 860’s, each time looting & being bought off, culminating in the siege of Paris
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Vikings made violent raids on Muslim Spain & Portugal, also on Italy & the coast of Africa, during the 9th century
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Vikings life was tough, the best way to die was young  in battle. But they has codes to live by, told fascinating stories & were sophisticated in their own way.
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Vikings were a pagan society & had fascinating beliefs about how the universe was created, that there were nine worlds in the universe inhabited by different beings.
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The Vikings had tradition of storytelling, sitting around their fires in the long dark winters telling stories full of giants, elves & dwarves.
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The Godafoss Waterfall in Iceland, where it is said the Vikings threw their images of pagan gods after Iceland converted to Christianity in 1000.

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