Skeletal Studies Show Viking Age Norway was a Hyper-Violent Nation
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/viking_0.jpg?itok=LgbE_X_R"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/viking_0.jpg?itok=LgbE_X_R" width="610" height="338" alt="Violent Viking attack on a village" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>The Vikings were known for their marauding ways, and have gained a reputation as ferocious warriors and conquerors. But the various nations that comprised the
Viking world were unique entities with different societal and cultural norms, some of which related to the use of violence to solve interpersonal disputes.</p>
<p>In a new study just published in the<a href="
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278416524000369" rel="nofollow">
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology[/url], an international research team revealed the results of their study of skeletal trauma in bodies excavated from
Viking Age cemeteries in two
Scandinavian countries. What the evidence they collected shows is that
Norway was a markedly more violent society than
Denmark during this era, with a shocking degree of lawlessness that led to the frequent use of violence by citizens against other citizens with whom they had a grievance.</p>
<p>The team of researchers, which included scholars from Norway, the United States, and Germany, were interested in finding an explanation for this difference. After comparing certain measurements of social order, they concluded that Norway was a more anarchic society in this era than Denmark, lacking the basic infrastructure of authority and law and order that could either control vigilante violence or make it unnecessary.</p>
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