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Viking Sex
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
Is There Evidence to Support the Rape and Pillage Reputation?
Rape and pillage reputation comes from written sources that talk about the Vikings as enemies which is never going to be flattering. We don't know if they were unique so I think sexual violence would have been used as a weapon of war it is everywhere anytime still is, we can see unfortunately in the news at the moment. There's one story where an Arabic missionary called Ibn Fudlan travels up along the Volga River and he's actually on his way somewhere else but he happens to come across this group of Rus who are basically there’s sort of we can call them the Eastern Vikings with shorthand but read my book to find out more"
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