Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1. Vikings Were One Nation 2. All Scandinavians Were Vikings 3. Vikings Were Barbarians 4. All Vikings Were Pagan 5. Vikings Were Hated by Their Peers 6. Wives of Vikings Had Equal Rights 7. Vikings Had Primitive Weapons 8. Vikings Were Unhygienic 9. Vikings Wore Horned Helmets 10. Vikings Carved the Blood Eagle 11. Vikings Drank Out of Skull Cups Bibliography Index

Promotional Information

This book explores 11 popular misconceptions about the Vikings. Each chapter looks at a particular misconception, examines how it became popular, discusses what we now believe to be the truth, and provides excerpts from primary source documents.

About the Author

Kirsten Wolf is the Kim Nilsson Professor and the Torger Thompson Chair of Scandinavian Studies in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Tristan Mueller-Vollmer is a doctoral student in Scandinavian Studies in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Reviews

The Vikings is an excellent work not only for those interested in Viking history but also for those interested in how our view of the past can shift.
*Booklist*

This well-designed series presents contemporary fictions in a historical context to explain both the origins of the fictions as well as the actual background stories. . .The volume would be an excellent research aid for advanced high school students and undergraduates.
*ARBA*

A book that just came out – and one that deserves to be on many bookshelves – is The Vikings: Facts and Fictions, by Kirsten Wolf and Tristan Mueller-Vollmer.
*Medievalists.net*