Britain was not the only area with a significant Scandinavian DNA found during this period though, with Germany, Italy ... the viking hordes settled across Europe, with many battles breaking ...

The Vikings are often portrayed as illiterate ... who lived in northern Italy, to the Germanic tribes of northern Europe makes it likely that these two groups had some form of cultural exchange.

The world of early medieval Europe is sometimes hard to grasp for ... Hidden Histories of the Viking Age,” to remind us of the substantial archaeological finds that allow us now to paint a ...