Iceland's close link to Scottish women

Name: Iceland's close link to Scottish women
Uploaded: 2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 5 min 15 s
Description: <p>It's easy to think that the Viking world was dominated by bearded, macho men, but that assumption is wrong.</p>

28 June 2022|History

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