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The Viking Age
Throughout its early history, Denmark had many contacts with the outside world, but with the beginning of the Viking Age, c. 750 AD, the country really became part of European history. The Danes became most notorious as the Vikings who plundered churches and monasteries, but behind this rather one-sided picture there lies a far more complex interplay of political and cultural factors.
Niels Lund, Gyldendal Leksikon
The Unification of the Country & Royal Power
As early as 700, Denmark was ruled by a stronger royal power than had existed.
Roskilde Viking Museum
