Så uppfanns vikingen – och mansidealet

EN FRÅGA SOM arkeologer och historiker ofta får är om vikingar bar horn på sina hjälmar. Svaret är förstås nej. Hornen kom med operan under 1800-talets senare hälft, med festspelen i Bayreuth och Richard Wagners operor. En annan seglivad bild är att vikingen var vild och brutal. Båda dessa klassiska bilder av vikingen skapades på […]

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