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How the Vikings Saved Europe and Got a Terrible Reputation

Not So Bad

History teaches us that the Vikings were brutal, thieving invaders, but much of that history was written by Viking victims: European monks. New evidence says otherwise.

William O’Connor
William O’Connor 

Former Travel Editor

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Bernard Walsh
William O’Connor

William O’Connor

Former Travel Editor

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