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Re: Vikings?
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Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:41:10 GMT
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Thank you Anders and Arne for the clarification.
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James Stacey
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I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' Incommunicado
"Arne Lykke Nielsen" <arln@wanadoo.dk> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.castle, James Stacey wrote:
> > Are you using the term Viking here where you should prehaps be using the
> > term Norsemen ? I always thought that 'Viking' was a term for the • Warriors.
> > Various online encyclopaedias seem to agree with this..
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings for example.
> > quote : The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for • the
> > Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe • and
> > the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the • period
> > of European history referred to as the Viking Age.
> >
> > I am of course not from the area while you are so prehaps I should bow • to
> > your knowlage :)
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> And I'm not English speaking, so perhaps "Viking" in English do mean what • you
> quote.
> But the term "Viking" in Danish mean the Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and
> Icelandic seafaring PEOPLE of the 8th to 11th century, not just the few • raiders.
> And normally we in Scandinavia call them "Danish Vikings", "Swedish • Vikings"
> etc., as there are some differences. The Danish Vikings conquered South • England,
> Ireland and Normandie, the Norwegian Vikings conquered North England, Isle • of
> Man, the Orkney and Shetland isles, and Iceland, the Swedish Vikings • conquered
> Russia, and the Icelandic Vikings (descendants of the Norwegians) • established
> colonies in Greenland and North America.
> When you think of Vikings as Raiders, please consider this: the Vikings
> established colonies in Greenland without displacing or fighting the • original
> inhabitants - how many other colonizations can you say the same of? The • first
> forceful displacing of the Greenland inuits took place in the 1950'ties, • when
> the American government asked the Danish government to remove the town of • Thule,
> so an airbase could be established - and the Danish government happily • complied.
> And the Vikings established the worlds longest living democracy: Iceland
> inaugurated their parliament in year 1000, and its still there today.
>
> So the Vikings were not just some barbaric pirates, and they never build
> castles, so back to the subject: No, the viking theme is not the cross • between
> Pirates and Castle.
>
> Arne, Copenhagen
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| (...) And I'm not English speaking, so perhaps "Viking" in English do mean what you quote. But the term "Viking" in Danish mean the Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic seafaring PEOPLE of the 8th to 11th century, not just the few raiders. And (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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