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The Viking World

The Viking Age was a time of encounters, travel, exchange and confrontation between people from different parts of the world. Encounters that changed peoples’ thinking so that new ideals and norms appeared in Scandinavia at that time.

22 places 44 min

201. What is the Viking Age?

Theme: Boundless Encounters

2:14 audio

202. How do we know about the Viking Age?

Theme: Boundless Encounters

1:27 audio

203. People were valued differently

Theme: Kinship and Hierarchy

1:05 audio

204. Living conditions and the unfree

Theme: Kinship and Hierarchy

1:29 audio

205. Many different roles for free people

Theme: Kinship and Hierarchy

3:26 audio

206. Craftwork and craftspeople

Theme: Divine Craftsmanship

1:50 audio

207. Metal, wood, bone and textiles

Theme: Divine Craftsmanship

2:39 audio

208. Home and farmstead

Theme: Midgard

2:08 audio

209. Food and clothes

Theme: Midgard

2:24 audio

210. More than just faith

Theme: Faith and Traditions

2:18 audio

211. Similarities between Sámi and Old Norse beliefs

Theme: Faith and Traditions

1:41 audio

212. Old Norse and Christian customs and rituals

Theme: Faith and Traditions

1:44 audio

213. The living and the dead

Theme: The Living and the Dead

2:40 audio

214. Ideas about death and the afterlife

Theme: The Living and the Dead

1:41 audio

215. Trading and raiding

Theme: Trade and Raiding

1:18 audio

216. Money, weights and slave trade

Theme: Trade and Raiding

1:46 audio

217. Ships and the sea

Theme: Waterways

2:00 audio

218. Building a ship

Theme: Waterways

1:43 audio

219. Town-like trading centres

Theme: Town-like Places

2:31 audio

220. Christian rulers and coin minting

Theme: Town-like Places

1:20 audio

221. Early church building

Theme: Christian Monuments

1:47 audio

222. Runestones and engraving

Theme: Christian Monuments

2:08 audio