Viking sagas and royal pageants

Emily Lethbridge considers Icelandic Viking sagas, while Robert Blyth reviews royal pageants of the past

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Published: May 19, 2012 at 3:49 pm

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Viking sailors make the long voyage across the Atlantic between Europe and America, in order to bring back timber, circa 1350. The Vikings are thought to have discovered America in around 1000 AD, but never attempted full colonization of the new land, due to the hostile natives. Painting by NC Wyeth. (Image by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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