Parts Catalog Accessories Catalog How To Articles Tech Forums
Call Pelican Parts at 888-280-7799
Shopping Cart Cart | Project List | Order Status | Help



Go Back   PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum > General Discussions > Off-Topic Discussion

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 03-12-2009, 06:51 PM
MTI's Avatar
MTI MTI is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
Posts: 10,626
Vikings, Victims of Bad Press

Except for the Raping and Pillaging Part . . .

Historians will try to redress the balance today at a conference at the University of Cambridge and show that the Vikings who settled in Britain and Ireland were technologically sophisticated, swapped ideas and often lived in relative harmony with Anglo-Saxons and Celts.



Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 03-12-2009, 08:30 PM
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 18,350
My father in law is from Yorkshire. His name is Newton. I've suspected that his name is a corruption of Knute's son. The Viking museum in York is pretty interesting.
__________________
1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 03-12-2009, 09:41 PM
Moderator
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Southern California, U.S.A.
Posts: 8,538
Quote:
Originally Posted by kerry View Post
My father in law is from Yorkshire. His name is Newton. I've suspected that his name is a corruption of Knute's son. The Viking museum in York is pretty interesting.
He could test his Y chromosome, like I did, to see if he is a descendant of Vikings.

The original Celtic and subsequent Germanic invaders of the British Isles are all R1b1b2 Haplotype. For the most part, the Viking invaders were of the I haplotype.

I have two friends who did their DNA testing. One is of Scottish descent, and the other is originally from the Northern coast of England. Both were haplotype I, so they are descenants of Viking invaders.
__________________
Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 03-12-2009, 10:39 PM
MTI's Avatar
MTI MTI is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
Posts: 10,626
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 03-13-2009, 02:29 AM
compress ignite's Avatar
Drone aspiring to Serfdom
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: 32(degrees) North by 81(degrees) West
Posts: 5,554
is it not funny...

How the Romans (And much later the "Southerners") [who have always held
themselves out to be so much more civilized and technologically advanced
than the Irish and the Scottish] could'na overcome the Celts[Keltoi]...
and yet the Norseman "Set up camp" and intermarried with the Celts[Keltoi]?

The Norsemen did not receive any positive "Press" from her brittanic majesty's
forebears for the simple reason that they were in competition with Londinium.

__________________
'84 300SD sold
124.128

Last edited by compress ignite; 03-13-2009 at 02:35 AM.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On




All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:37 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2024 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Peach Parts or Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page