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Viking Weapons and Combat Techniques Emily E. Namey A sampling of what you’llA History of the Arms, Armor, and Individual Fighting Strategies of Medieval Europes Most Feared Warriors A source of enduring fascination, the Vikings are the most famous raiders of medieval Europe. Despite the exciting and compelling descriptions in the Icelandic sagas and other contemporary accounts that have fueled this interest, we know comparatively little about Viking age arms and armor as compared to weapons from other historical periods. We