{"id":12416,"date":"2026-08-10T10:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nokobox.com\/index.php\/item\/the-great-course-plus-the-viking-age-new-perspectives-on-history-and-culture-2024-11\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T10:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:45:19","slug":"the-great-course-plus-the-viking-age-new-perspectives-on-history-and-culture-2024-11","status":"publish","type":"digital_item","link":"https:\/\/nokobox.com\/index.php\/item\/the-great-course-plus-the-viking-age-new-perspectives-on-history-and-culture-2024-11\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Course Plus \u2013 The Viking Age: New Perspectives on History and Culture 2024-11"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Description<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Viking Age: New Perspectives on History and Culture. Taught by Dr. Jennifer Paxton, this course explores the historical realities of the age beyond conventional stereotypes. Beginning with the raid on Lindisfarne in 793, the course examines the motivations for Viking expansion, from the social and political conditions of Scandinavia to their global interactions. The course challenges the simplistic image of Vikings as uncultured warriors and analyzes their complex roles as farmers, traders, explorers, and slavers from Europe to Constantinople, Russia, and even the Western Hemisphere. There is a particular emphasis on the role of women, examining the true place of violence and religion, and the impact of the spread of Christianity in transforming Viking society. Using archaeological evidence and historical texts, this course debunks myths such as horned helmets and examines how the Vikings interacted with civilizations such as the Islamic Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire through extensive trade networks. It also examines the fate of their settlements in Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland, and the reasons for their success or failure. Finally, this course provides a deep and balanced understanding of the causes of the Viking Age, the complex nature of their society, and the factors that brought this historical period to an end, showing that the Viking legacy went far beyond plunder and violence, to the formation of states, cities, and cultural transformations across Europe and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n

What you will learn<\/span><\/h3>\n