While functioning for only a brief period, this chain of Viking-Age fortresses is representative of the largest monuments that illustrate the centralisation of power by the Danish Jelling Dynasty and ...
From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark ... Age edited by Graham-Campbell et al (Andromeda, 1994) Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings by John Haywood (Penguin, 1996). Detailed maps ...
Indeed, the Viking Age, from A.D. 800-1100 ... began with the recovery of five vessels at Skuldelev in Roskilde fjord, Denmark, between 1957 and 1962. The excavation involved building a coffer ...