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Did Viking Berserkers Exist?

Were Viking Berserkers real? While some refute the existence of Vikings altogether, we’ll look at the evidence for them and who they were.
How to Understand the Vikings: A World View

To understand the Vikings, we need to understand how they thought and what the world was for them; it was completely different to our world.
What Is a Viking?

What is a Viking? Vikings were raiders, pirates, explorers and seafarers. Were they also farmers, villagers, pagans, or something else?

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