Vendel Period
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In Scandinavian prehistory, sometimes specifically Swedish prehistory, the Vendel Period, or Vendel Age appears between the Migration Period and the Viking Age, specifically following the Volcanic win
The Vendel I helmet, at the Swedish History Museum
Vendel era sword from Valsgärde
Vendel
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Vendel is a village at Tierp Municipality in Uppland, Sweden. The village overlooks Vendelsjön, a long inland stretch of water near the Vendel river which has its confluence with the river Fyris. Vend
Vendel Period
…the Viking Age, specifically following the Volcanic winter of 536, subsiding around 550 AD. The name is taken from the rich boat inhumation cemetery at Vendel parish church, Uppland. Unlike the preceding and succeeding eras, the Vendel Period left very few precious metal artifacts or runic inscriptions…
Ottarshögen in Vendel
Helmet from a 7th-century ship burial, Vendel