DK Eyewitness Books - Viking

60 The Jelling Stone TȩȦȨȳȦȢȵȦȴȵȴȵȰȯȦȮȰȯȶȮȦȯȵ in Scandinavia is the Jelling Stone. It was raised by King Harald Bluetooth at ...

61 BEARDED CHRIST The third side of the stone is carved with the oldest picture of Christ in Scandinavia. Christ’s arms are outs ...

62 The coming of Christianity SȤȢȯȥȪȯȢȷȪȢȸȢȴȴȶȳȳȰȶȯȥȦȥ by Christian countries. In the late 10th century, Viking kings started ...

63 BEST OF BOTH WORLDS Belief in the old gods did not die out overnight. This stone mold from Himmerland in Denmark shows that c ...

Did you know? The Vikings came from all over the region that is now modern-day Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, and Denmark). There ...

Q How religious were the Viking people? A Religious faith was very important to the Vikings, since it helped them to survive in ...

Who’s who? TȩȦȭȦȢȥȪȯȨȧȪȨȶȳȦȴ in the Viking world tend to fall into one of three categories: rulers (at home and abroad), who h ...

67 s%ƃǍƋƇJźƋƇƌƂƍƁź Early Viking explorer who, with his companion Hasting, spent three years raiding lands far to the south of ...

Find out more 68 MȢȯȺȮȶȴȦȶȮȴȸȰȳȭȥȸȪȥȦ have exhibits on Viking culture. The best ones, however, are usually found in the places ...

69 Reconstructed Viking dwelling at L’Anse aux Meadows, Canada VINLAND UNEARTHED Although Vikings landed in Newfoundland, Canada ...

ADZE Arch-bladed cutting tool. ALTHING Governing assembly of all Iceland (see also THING). ANVIL Solid block, usually made of ir ...

OARPORT One of the holes in the side of a longship through which the oars project. ØRTOGAR Viking unit of weight made up of thre ...

72 Index A Adam of Bremen 52 adzes 43 Ågerup 31 Aggersborg 22 Alfred, King 38, 66, 67 alphabet, runic 59 Alphege, Archbishop 17 ...