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Meet the Vikings

Liz Miles - Author

This illustrated history moves among Viking homes, work, games, health, beliefs and travel. It introduces varied people, including enslaved people, and combines recreated scenes with images of historical objects.

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What was life really like for the Vikings? How did they interact socially? What medicines did they use? What did they think about the world they lived in, religion and other peoples? Using recreation photography and images of real historical artefacts this book will help readers 'meet' all kinds of Vikings, from the thrall (or slave) to the various craftspeople, farmers and even some viking children playing games. Journey tot he past and begin to understand what life would have been like in this fascinating and historically-rich time. Perfect for upper KS2 children studying some of the key historical periods. Encounters with the Past is a series of six books designed to engage children directly with history. A loose narrative structure and Q & A format helps the reader flow through the books, uncovering fascinating facts and the thoughts and ideas of the time.

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Viking social life· ExplainedMedicine· ExplainedBeliefs· Explained

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Beyond the Cover

Viking social lifemedicinebeliefsother peoples

Non-fictionIllustrated book

Themes in Context

A question-led historical overview

The book poses questions about how Vikings interacted, what medicines they used, and what they thought about religion and other peoples. It moves through these topics in a Q&A format with a loose narrative structure.Exploratory / explanatory

How the book presents it: The structure presents its subjects as historical questions to explore, rather than as a single continuous story.

Talk about: Which question about Viking life would you most like to investigate further?

Why It May Be Worth Reading

The question-and-answer format offers natural stopping points and a way to follow several strands of everyday life. Artefact images sit alongside recreated scenes, giving different kinds of historical material to look at.

What Deserves Attention

Enslavement is part of the historical coverage: the book includes the life of a thrall, identified as a slave. It also addresses religion and interactions with other peoples.

A Conversation Worth Having

When the book introduces a thrall, what does it help you understand about that person’s place in Viking society, and what might you still want to know?

Reading Approach

Pause at the artefact images and ask what each object might tell you about daily life. For topics such as enslavement or religion, distinguish what the book says people did or believed from what it says about their experiences.

Confidence & Basis

Theme indicators describe how the book presents a topic; they are not a verdict on the whole book or your family's values. Confidence reflects how much book-specific material was checked. Only part of the book information was available, so some details remain unconfirmed.

What remains unconfirmed

A question-led historical overview: Some details of this treatment remain unclear.

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Checked: 1 October 2026.

Relevant to: A question-led historical overview

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