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Vikings 'Primary Sources Of The Vikings' Age

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The first source is one of the Scandinavian sagas. Vikings did not have a written recorded history for a long time, however, they started to record their stories in sagas around 1100's. Sagas are considered to be primary sources for studying Vikings because even though some stories might be mixed up with myths, they still contain details about their daily live style and major events. This particular saga is very useful to this research because it contains information about Vikings' actions in Europe during the medieval ages, therefore it could give me a big amount of useful information Other primary sources from the vikings' age could be artifacts or their burial sights, however, they do not hold as much information as the sagas. Sagas do not

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