"Among Viking societies, Norway was much more violent" Topic

…than Denmark

"Their findings show that interpersonal violence -- violence not meted out as punishment by authorities -- was much more common in Norway. This is evident in the much greater rates of trauma on skeletons and the extent of weaponry in Norway. The study, published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, sheds new light on how Viking Age societies in Norway and Denmark differed in their experiences with violence and the role social structures played in shaping those patterns.

Jacobson is part of an interdisciplinary team that combined archaeology and sociology along with the study of skeletons and of runestones -- raised stones bearing inscriptions -- to reveal key differences in how violence, social hierarchies and authority influenced these dynamics in the two regions. The other scholars on the team are from Norway and Germany…"

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Armand

I wonder how Iceland (settled largely by Norwegians and Vikings from the British Isles) would have come out. They were a very decentralized social group.

Grelber

I believe that Iceland was populated by women kidnapped from England and Scotland.

Perhaps their sweet nature (thinking Geordies) balanced out the aggression.

(smile)

Armand

One of the last pagan parts of Europe, with a belief system that requires followers to seek bloody retribution (No wergeld.) It only ended with Oalf chopping off as many of their heads as he could find.

Glup!..

Armand

the study provides new depth to Poor Bunny our understanding of Viking societies, emphasizing that the Viking world was not monolithic but instead marked by complex social differences that influenced daily life and conflict.

Thanks

Armand