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The name "Viking" was first used by foreign authors in the 11th century AD. Is origin is probably the Swedish word for bay, "vik". Vikings come from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the former two groups expeditions went westwards, concentrating on Western Europe and England, while the Swedish Vikings went mostly eastwards into Russia, Byzantium and the Caliphate.
The Era of the Vikings was 800-1300s. Check out our Viking Timeline to put things in perspective.
Running a Household in the Viking Era
The Viking network
The Vikings are the oldest and largest Dark Age re-enactment society in the UK
Regia Anglorum
Dark Ages Society
Vikings in Newfoundland - great pictures
Charlemagne's Frankia in the eighth-century. Einhard described Charlemagne's habitual costume:
"He wore the national dress of the Franks. Next to his skin he had a linen shirt and linen drawers; and then long hose and a tunic edged with silk. He wore shoes on his feet and bands of cloth wound round his legs. In winter he protected his chest and shoulders with a jerkin [thorax] made of otter skins or ermine. He wrapped himself in a blue cloak and always had a sword strapped to his side."
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