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is3 at 10:45pm on 15/03/2025
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Oldenburg Normanism: WeKings
Today, the image of the ancient Norman conqueror is widespread in popular culture, and most media consumers learn about the Vikings long before school history class. But just 250 years ago, even European historians knew nothing about them. It was then, in the times of active nation-building, that the word ‘Viking’, familiar to every child today, first began to appear in European literature. Uniform mentions of this word in English literature and press begin just 200 years ago.
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Today, the image of the ancient Norman conqueror is widespread in popular culture, and most media consumers learn about the Vikings long before school history class. But just 250 years ago, even European historians knew nothing about them. It was then, in the times of active nation-building, that the word ‘Viking’, familiar to every child today, first began to appear in European literature. Uniform mentions of this word in English literature and press begin just 200 years ago.

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