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Vikings

Pillage, rape, and plunder, these are the acts we most readily associate with the Vikings. But now, new evidence suggests that some lesser-known endeavors, including building, navigating, and colonizing, may have been what really helped them to thrive. At the end of the eighth century AD, the Vikings, fearsome warriors from Denmark and Norway, powered their way through Western Europe, ransacking whatever and whoever stood in their way.

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  • "Investigates the odyssey of the Viking which took place five hundred years before Columbus by following the route their long boats took from Norway to present-day Newfoundland."
  • "Pendant plus de 2 siècles, les Vikings ont fait régner la terreur sur l'Europe. Leur pillage et leurs assauts dévastateurs restent inscrits dans nos mémoires. Mais qui sont vraiment ces redoutables Vikings ? Sont-ils seulement ces barbares sanguinaires décrits par le cinéma et la littérature ? Pour en avoir le coeur net, Fred se zappe au 10ème siècle, au temps des invasions vikings en France. Un voyage extraordinaire qui l'emmène en Norvège en Normandie mais aussi sur les océans à bord de ces fabuleux drakkars. Tout au long de cette aventure, Jamy nous donne les us et coutumes de ce peuple de commerçants et d'explorateurs bien plus "civilisés" que nous l'enseigne l'histoire..."
  • "Pillage, rape, and plunder, these are the acts we most readily associate with the Vikings. But now, new evidence suggests that some lesser-known endeavors, including building, navigating, and colonizing, may have been what really helped them to thrive. At the end of the eighth century AD, the Vikings, fearsome warriors from Denmark and Norway, powered their way through Western Europe, ransacking whatever and whoever stood in their way."@en
  • "Takes a look at the Vikings, Scandinavian sea warriors who raided the northern and western coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 10th centuries. Discusses misconceptions, dress, equipment, family life, battle tactics, conquests, and eventual demise. Humorous presentation."@en

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  • "Historical television programs"@en
  • "non fiction"
  • "Nonfiction television programs"@en
  • "Documentary television programs"@en

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  • "Vikings"
  • "Vikings"@en
  • "The Vikings"@en
  • "The Vikings"
  • "Les Vikings"

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