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History says Ivar the Boneless was a ruthless Viking warrior. But why the name boneless? Was he truly disabled, or was there a another more sinister reason for the nickname?
Both Norwegians and their Viking predecessors have a reputation for being tall. But how true is this really? We take a look at the numbers and the research. A couple of years ago, my Norwegian
Anders Winroth (born in 1965) is a Swedish historian who received his PhD from Columbia in 1996 and now holds an endowed professorship in history at Yale. He has written several books on the Viking Period for lay readers, the latest one of which I've been given to review.
The main contents of The Age of the Vikings is organised into eight chapters on: