This is 81 of our ongoing series about Viking Age Iceland. For centuries, this island country, unique in Medieval Europe, operated with no king, no great lords, no foreign policy, and no defense forces but which developed legal and judicial systems to limit the violence of bloodfeud and protect the rights of freemen. Far out in the North Atlantic, Iceland was where theContinue reading “Viking Age Iceland: The End of Arnkel’s Ambitions”
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Fala
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Cannibalism was a common funeral ritual in Europe 15,000 years ago, study finds
By Amarachi Orie Cannibalism was a routine funerary practice in Europe about 15,000 years ago, with people eating their dead not out of necessity but rather as part of their culture, according to a new study. While researchers previously found gnawed bones and human skulls that had been modified into cups at Gough’s Cave in England,Continue reading “Cannibalism was a common funeral ritual in Europe 15,000 years ago, study finds”
Eiligr
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Viking Age Iceland: Ulfar’s Fall
This is 80 of our ongoing series about Viking Age Iceland. For centuries, this island country, unique in Medieval Europe, operated with no king, no great lords, no foreign policy, and no defense forces but which developed legal and judicial systems to limit the violence of bloodfeud and protect the rights of freemen. Far out in the North Atlantic, Iceland was where theContinue reading “Viking Age Iceland: Ulfar’s Fall”