Or so Snorri says. We all know how much that's worth.
The Norwegian Crusade (1107-1110), led by Sigurd I, passed through Moorish Iberia on their way to the Holy Land.
They stormed and took the Sintra castle. They won a battle in Lisbon against a Moorish/Christian garrison.
Sigurd was eighteen or nineteen years old at the time. He became king of Norway at thirteen. Sigurd the Crusader was a Norwegian death metal rock star.
Why did I not know this?
Why is this awesome piece of Scandinavian badassery not taught in Portuguese middle school?
The freaking Vikings thoroughly raided what would become Portuguese territory! This is awesome stuff to know (for those who didn't have to live through it, obviously)!
Schools these days.
They stormed and took the Sintra castle. They won a battle in Lisbon against a Moorish/Christian garrison.
Sigurd was eighteen or nineteen years old at the time. He became king of Norway at thirteen. Sigurd the Crusader was a Norwegian death metal rock star.
Why did I not know this?
Why is this awesome piece of Scandinavian badassery not taught in Portuguese middle school?
The freaking Vikings thoroughly raided what would become Portuguese territory! This is awesome stuff to know (for those who didn't have to live through it, obviously)!
Schools these days.