Viking Age

thumb|Depiction of Vikings sailing a longship from thumb|A Viking Age depiction from the [[Tjängvide image stone, on Gotland]]

the period of European history characterised by Viking raids and trading

In the Old Norse written corpus, berserkers () were Scandinavian warriors who were said to have fought in a trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the modern English adjective berserk . Berserkers are attested to in numerous Old Norse sources.

A housecarl (; ) was a non-servile manservant or household bodyguard in medieval Northern Europe.

spread of Christianity in Scandinavia between the 8th and the 12th centuries

exploration, settlement, and raids performed by Norse population

9th-century Latin-language Christian book by Rimbert

replica of a Viking ship in Norway

Benedictine monk

former attraction located in the Norway pavilion of the World Showcase in Epcot