Thread: Interesting question about the Viking Age.
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Old 10-31-2006, 19:16 PM   #7 (permalink)
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King Harald of Norway lost the Battle of Stamford Bridge, right? But what if he'd won and had also beaten William the Conqueror? Then a Viking would be King of England. How would this have affected the Viking Age? Would it have ended as soon? And what about the Crusades?

The first part is another 'what if' question that if started threatens to become as interminable as the WW1 & WW2 'What ifs' The Vikings conversion to christianity spelled the end of their warlike age, so the crusades would most likely have gone ahead.
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