Varangian Guard Archive
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We associate all these names – Ragnar Lodbrok, Ivar the Boneless, Bjorn Ironside, Erik the Red, Eric "Bloodaxe" Haraldsson - with courageous and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Known by his nickname, Grutte Pier was a man of extraordinary strength and size. His real name was Pier Gerlofs Donia, and he was
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - To A Viking a sword was much more than a deadly weapon. It was a symbol of power and it was believed that Vikings believed a man
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - An influential Viking chief had many enemies lurking everywhere. To stay in power, he had to be protected. A hird consisted of hired
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Several Norse runes mention a group of unknown warriors named Kylfings. According to scholars, the Kylfings may have been members of the Varangian Guard, but who
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Not only Vikings had berserkers. The berserkers among Viking warriors had more or less their counterparts in other regions of Europe and outside
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Varangian Guard represented the elite heavy infantry regiment of the Roman ('Byzantine') Empire from 988 AD to around 1404 AD. They were Vikings for
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Icelandic Viking warriors known as ‘berserkers’ (in Old Norse: ‘berserkr’) were feared by enemies and even their battle companions. These warriors - half-naked and covered
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