norsemen

Prologue:- *** Ongenþeow, the King of the Swedes was not having a good time. He was already in his middle age, and his dueling skills had dimmed quite the bit in the past years when peace reigned over the lands. The Geat King Hygelac had come back, bounced back from a war that his swedes had...

Now before some people start shouting ASB, hear me out. So I have a kind of hobby with Norse history. Norse history before 500 AD seems to be very very very blurry. Now, based on the title i can assume, some people will be thinking about Roman settlement in Scandinavia. This isn't what i am...

First off, i'd like to know what exactly were the OTL conditions that resulted in the aggressive expansion of the Pagan Scandinavians during the High Middle Ages. How can they be butterflied away so we're left with a scenario in which the Viking invasions never happen, saving much of Europe from...

Could the Rus' Khaganate, later Kievan Rus' federation, or the Republic of Novgorod have taken on heavy Norse influence, possibly eventually seeing itself as an extension of the Scandinavian kingdoms? What events could have transpired to expand the areas of Varangian settlement in Kievan Rus'...