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What Is Cockburn's Argument Against The Vikings?

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One such contradiction to this theory is Patrick Cockburn, who believes the Viking “atrocities were the equivalent of those carried out by SS divisions invading Poland 75 years ago”. Throughout his argument, Cockburn is incredibly biased towards the Anglo-Saxons, using emotive language such as, “the Anglo-Saxons fought back heroically”, which colours his entire argument. He believes “terrified accounts of what happened were set aside by experts as biased”. However, he doesn’t state that it isn’t wise to not consider bias when using sources, especially when a significant element of utilising a source is to consider the bias. Evidence for Cockburn’s argument is that the Vikings “killed in a sickenly gruesome Viking ritual known as the ‘blood-eagle’”,
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