Vikings: Weapons

"An illustrated guide to Viking warfare from strategy and weapons to culture and tradition. From the time when sailing was first introduced to Scandinavia, Vikings reached virtually every corner of Europe and even America with their raids and conquests ... "

"The history of these pillaging, plundering, board-game-playing Scandinavian seafaring warriors, in lively words and pictures!The Vikings and All That is a skull-splitting saga about the wild, seafaring warriors who burst into history in the eighth century and looted, plundered, pillaged, and burned their way from their native Scandinavia to the British Isles and much of Europe ... "

"Viking weapons
As well as their ships, weapons are also popularly associated with the Vikings. Indispensable on plundering raids and for self-defence, they were an important part of the daily lives of Scandinavians. We are familiar with a number of types of weapons, which demonstrate how war was waged 1000 years ago ... "

"Viking warriors fought using long swords and axes. A good sword was handed down from father to son, but Vikings also buried weapons with their owner when he died ... "

"Viking warfare, along with its key component of raiding, is inextricably connected with the expansion of Scandinavian influence along the North Atlantic and into the Mediterranean in the Viking Age (c. 790-1100 CE), where the Vikings' heavy use of ships, good strategic mobility and strong grasp on logistics ensured they could cause havoc abroad for years at a time ... "