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The Vikings

Why are these lads glamorised?

They went around Europe raping and pillaging, and generally being a nuisance and wreaking havoc wherever they went.

But people think they were a great bunch of lads. Waterford bases its whole tourism industry on the fuckers.

Discuss

harsh enough on the vikings there, m8.

för the guts of four hundred years that had trading routes as far away as baghdad, spent some time in newfoundland, traded all
over the mediterranean including north africa, sacked paris, literally took over england amd founded what would go on to be kiev amd eventually define what it was to be russian. bombarded constantinople à few times and even mistakenly thought they were attacking rome 😂😂😂

then on top of all of that tje french were so annoyed with them they gave them land so they changed tack and became norman. then they just took over england properly amd eventually got the invitation to attack and settle properly in ireland.

it’s hard to find another historical culture that changed europe with so much impact until you look back to ancient greece and rome.
 
harsh enough on the vikings there, m8.

för the guts of four hundred years that had trading routes as far away as baghdad, spent some time in newfoundland, traded all
over the mediterranean including north africa, sacked paris, literally took over england amd founded what would go on to be kiev amd eventually define what it was to be russian. bombarded constantinople à few times and even mistakenly thought they were attacking rome 😂😂😂

then on top of all of that tje french were so annoyed with them they gave them land so they changed tack and became norman. then they just took over england properly amd eventually got the invitation to attack and settle properly in ireland.

it’s hard to find another historical culture that changed europe with so much impact until you look back to ancient greece and rome.

and i’ll to that, i think the first account of a black person in ireland was either a slave onboard or someone manning a viking ship. recounted as “an duine gorm” because of the sheen on their skin from the sun.

i couldn’t be bothered watching all
those viking series on netflix but i’ve read up enough on them to last a lifetime.
 
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