Subject: hersir sea raider
Culture: Scandinavian / Norse
Setting: Viking age, northern Europe 8th-10thc
Yorkshire Museum > Medieval York: Capital of the North *
"AD 800-900 (Viking) Stone cross fragment All Saints Church Weston, North Yorkshire ...
Viking raiders took prisoners who sometimes became slaves. The fearsome Viking warrior depicted on this re-used Christian cross is shown with a female hostage, perhaps a local woman who was forced to return to Scandinavia with her captor."
