Viking's Height
Vikings are fearsome warriors who conquered and settled in most parts of England,
other smaller countries and islands. The image most people have of someone displaying
such power to conquer lands, is of tall and large men. This idea created the
common thinking that Vikings are actually tall people, which is not exactly
true.
The writer Ibm Fadlan and other European writings and sources suggested that
Vikings were tall men. This is actually contrary to most historical findings
that were conducted with intensive research and evaluations to what remains
of the Vikings artefacts. Modern research studies declare that Vikings are people
with average height.
A Viking's height could be anywhere between 66 inches 1.67 meters and 69 inches
1.75 meters. The tall ones are said to be Vikings of higher stature since they
are likely to have better nutrition and eat better diets compared to the common
Viking warriors.
The notion that Vikings were tall people may also be because people in some
parts of Europe are relatively short. This may be the reason why they might
consider Vikings as people with increased height. But compared Viking's height
to today's people, they are considered as people with average height.
Original Authors: Jennifer
Tumanda
Edit Update Authors: Ryan Norfolk
Updated On: 29/11/2006
