Vikings had windows meaning Norsemen dignitaries sat in rooms lit up by apertures with glass, Danish researchers said Thursday.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Vikings had windows — usually only associated with medieval churches and castles — meaning Norsemen dignitaries sat in rooms lit up by apertures with glass, Danish researchers said Thursday. The glass panes can be dated from long before the churches and castles of the Middle Ages with which glazed windows are associated, they said.
“We only associated early window glass with the Middle Ages, therefore assuming that the glass could not originate from the Viking Age,” the National Museum said in a statement. The glass fragments “can be dated to the Vikings Age and most likely must have been in use in that time period as well,” said Torben Sode, a conservator with the museum who first connected the dots.
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Vikings had windows, another shift away from their image as barbaric Norsemen, Danish museum saysVikings had windows — usually only associated with medieval churches and castles — meaning Norsemen dignitaries sat in rooms lit up by apertures with glass
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Vikings had windows, another shift away from their image as barbaric Norsemen, Danish museum saysVikings had windows — usually only associated with medieval churches and castles — meaning Norsemen dignitaries sat in rooms lit up by apertures with glass. The Vikings' glass can be dated from long before the churches and castles of the Middle Ages with which glazed windows are associated. A senior Danish researcher said Thursday it was 'another shift away from the image of unsophisticated barbaric Vikings swinging their swords around.” Over the past 25 years, archeologists have found glass fragments in excavations in southern Scandinavia and analyzed glass fragments to reach the conclusion: Vikings had windows with glass panes.
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Vikings had windows, another shift away from their image as barbaric Norsemen, Danish museum saysVikings had windows — usually only associated with medieval churches and castles — meaning Norsemen dignitaries sat in rooms lit up by apertures with glass.
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Vikings had windows, another shift away from their image as barbaric Norsemen, Danish museum saysVikings had windows — usually only associated with medieval churches and castles — meaning Norsemen dignitaries sat in rooms lit up by apertures with glass.
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Vikings had windows, another shift away from their image as barbaric Norsemen: MuseumVikings had windows — usually only associated with medieval churches and castles — meaning Norsemen dignitaries sat in rooms lit up by apertures with glass
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