the article does a lot of discounting 'the vikings where no more "bloodthirsty than other warriors of the period" over and over, and then contradicting it by "p

the article does a lot of discounting 'the vikings where no more "bloodthirsty than other warriors of the period" over and over, and then contradicting it by "pope placed limits on Christian warfare and threatened excommunication for leaders who became unduly aggressive. The Vikings had no such inhibiting force". they also minimize raids, ransoms, and murders by saying : well there were witnesses left. plenty survived the death camps but that made them no less brutal. in short? nothing the author writes is quantified. how often did they go to war, raid, etc? how often did the ones 'no more then other warriors of their time' do the same, and how much vs the christian nations, etc.