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• Centreofexcellence – Introduction to the Vikings Diploma CourseWhat Will You Learn?Known for their fighting prowess and instilling fear into those they besieged, was there more to the Vikings than marauding?
• The Introduction to the Vikings Diploma Course takes you on a voyage through history that considers more than just their atrocities, looking at their impressive innovations in travel, trade and technology.
• You’ll also learn about Vikings as a people, examining their society and religion and how they adapted to global changes.To understand the Vikings, we first need to consider who they were.
• Through this introduction to Viking studies, you will learn of their origins, from Stone Age Scandinavia through to the Migration Period of the Iron Age, and the reasons they set out on violent attacks on the British Isles.The course broadens the picture of what it meant to be a Viking.
• Introducing you to Viking society, considering how it was organised in terms of class and standing, and the laws and governance that enabled the society to thrive.