New Evidence of Criminal Fines Reinforces the Surprising Sophistication of the Viking’s Legal Code

 

A recent reinterpretation of the oldest extant Viking legal text in Scandinavia has shed light on the surprising societal sophistication of these raiders and traders. The text is from an iron ring found in Sweden dating to the 9th century, called the Varsa Ring Though an undoubtedly strange place to post civic information about fines, […]

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