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What caused the Viking Age?

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Historical and Archaeological Studies Medieval Literature and History Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies

Abstract

This paper addresses the cause of the Viking episode in the approved Viking manner – head-on, reviewing and dismissing technical, environmental, demographic, economic, political and ideological prime movers. The author develops the theory that a bulge of young males in Scandinavia set out to get treasure to underpin their chances of marriage and a separate domicile.

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