C.J. Adrien
Historian and co-host of the Vikingology podcast; discusses Viking-age maritime technology, political context, and economic drivers in the episode.
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Jan 27, 2026 • 1h 11min
What Caused the Viking Age?
C.J. Adrien, historian and co-host of Vikingology, and Terri Barnes, historian and author, discuss why Scandinavians took to the seas. They probe ship technology, regional and political variation, trade and silver, marriage pressures and social prestige. They sketch climate, migration and economic motives as overlapping drivers that reshaped medieval Europe.
