You know you've been studying Viking history for too long when...

[miss_arel]

...you find yourself looking at your notes going, "Yes, okay, I know about William the Conquerer, but wasn't there a William the Bloody, too? What did he do

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[pinstripesuit]

[Did the vikings ever punch horses?]

[miss_arel]

I dunno; those guys loved their horses. Though I imagine other people's horses were fair game.

[emlan]

are you reading http://www.onemanga.com/Vinland_Saga/? The mangaka uses actual events and characters, probably fun to read if you got a lot of knowledge on the area!

[miss_arel]

I am crap at actually reading stuff these days, but I've had it rec'd to me! and the art looks awesome! and normally historical anachronism makes my head hurt, but hell, I love the Shadow hearts games, so who knows. ^^ It is on my list of things to try, at least!

[miss_arel]

--Nothing, actually! We haven't talked about her at all...

[gentlemanhaole]

which part of viking history are you studying? I.e. are you/were you actually studying the viking part, or more domestic affairs in early medieval scandinavian kingdoms?

That was one of the biggest surprises to me that i learned in my medieval borderlands class - that viking referred to an activity you could only do outside scandinavia. I had always assumed that the vikings were called vikings because other people thought they came from vikland or something.