Battle Quote by Neil MacGregor

Generally speaking, I don't think people know a great deal about the Viking culture, apart from the label that is usually attached to them,…

— Gabriel Byrne

I love that Viking era, but also they're a fatalistic people and that dictated their fearlessness in battle and approach to life.

— Chris Hemsworth

Viking women were able to rule kingdoms, divorce husbands, own land; and Vikings were very progressive in terms of the rights of women.

— Gabriel Byrne

I absolutely believe the past had its share of warrior women who fought like men. Whether some of these were the actual Amazons from…

— Anne Fortier

The Vikings themselves are fascinating creatures. They're human beings, of course, but their ethos are so different from ours. The fact that they live…

— Linus Roache

'Vikings' has been so many different challenges, and some of that is, at times, you have to be big and imposing and violent and…

— Edge

A woman is a warrior too. But she is meant to be a warrior in a uniquely feminine way. Sometime before the sorrows of…

— Stasi Eldredge

History is reticent about women who were common soldiers, who bore arms, belonged to regiments, and took part in battles on the same terms…

— Anonymous

I felt that a lot of Viking culture had been caricatured and misconstrued. After all, they were far more democratic than the Saxons and…

— Michael Hirst

I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a…

— Zoe Saldana

There are definitely advantages to not looking like a Viking in real life.

— Alexander Dreymon