Andrea C. Snow earned a PhD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Specializing in early medieval art, she focuses on Old Norse stone and metal objects. As a former illustrator and committed teacher, the representation—and misrepresentation—of the Middle Ages in popular culture are also among her interests.
Think you know the Vikings? Did you know they developed 6 main art styles, and they travelled to Byzantium, the Abbasid Caliphate, China, Russia and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Greenland, and North America?
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