First of all, they never called themselves ‘the Vikings’. To ‘go viking’ was to go on an adventure, a raid or a pirate voyage. So being a Viking wasn’t a nationality; it was a way of life. It wasn’t something you were; it was something you did.
First of all, they never called themselves ‘the Vikings’. To ‘go viking’ was to go on an adventure, a raid or a pirate voyage. So being a Viking wasn’t a nationality; it was a way of life. It wasn’t something you were; it was something you did.