![]() ![]() ![]() The many points of contact meant that well-informed and well-travelled Scandinavians were familiar with a variety of nationalities, environments and cultures. It was good at copying, adapting, developing and creating – and foreign ideas could be incorporated or rejected. The culture of the Viking Age was strong, independent, rich in tradition and vibrant. However, new attitudes and new questions have provided new perspectives on and insights into the textual evidence. The textual evidence, on the other hand, was – apart from runic inscriptions – usually written down long after the Viking Age therefore the reliability of much of it is still a matter of debate. The archaeological evidence, constantly growing and with a range of important finds now precisely dated by dendrochronology, is contemporary with the period. Almost everything we know about the culture (and technology) of the Viking Age derives from archaeological and textual evidence. ![]()
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