Viking Exploration Part 2 – The British Isles by Rob Shackleford

Dec 06, 2021
Viking Exploration Part 2 - The British Isles A brief look at Vikings and the British Isles. One of the reasons the Vikings are so well known is due to their impact on the people of the British Isles. From the time Viking raiders attacked Lindisfarne monastery in 793, an attack that caused much concern throughout the Christian west, as the centres of literacy in Western Europe, monasteries dutifully recorded the event into the annals of history and the age that historians now call the Viking Age began. For the Vikings didn’t just raid, they also settled the lands in…
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Vikings – the Ginger Connection – by Rob Shackleford

Jan 10, 2021
Vikings - The Ginger Connection by Rob Shackleford Were Vikings Redheads? For more Blogs on Vikings, check out the links of previous Viking below: Why Vikings? Who Were the Vikings? What did Vikings Look Like? We see them on TV – tall, barrel-chested fellows wielding an axe and intent on plunder. Vikings! They were tall, blonde and terrifying. But was everything as it seemed? Genetic studies show that Vikings were really descended from a variety of genetic lines, many originating from the steppes of central Asia. There was a healthy mix of blonds, redheads and dark-haired people, just like today.…
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