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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
Nitpick: The original poster didn't ask about the Scandinavian middle ages, he asked about the stories set in the medieval era (i.e., the European Middle Ages) told from a viking point of view. While the Scandinavian Middle ages might have started at the end of the Viking Age, the European Middle Ages certainly includes the "Viking Age". The very latest I generally have seen as a start date for the Middle Ages is the rise of the Carolingian Empire in the 8th century, and some historians date it back into the Dark Ages immediately following the fall of the Western Empire.
Now a better question is, what does the poster mean by viking? Does he take the broader view that a viking is essentially any Scandinavian of the period, or the more narrow definition that limits the vikings only to those specific Scandinavians who went raiding. 
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Bill |
You win!
I guess it's because I'm Danish, that when the middle ages is mentioned, I always automatically think 11th+ century. So viking + middle ages = ???
I don't think we should go into the question of the definition of a viking
Most people mean 'everyone scandinavian' at that time anyway