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    In Swedish prehistory, the Vendel Period (Swedish: Vendeltiden; c. 540–790 AD) appears between the Migration Period and the Viking Age. The name is taken...
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    have been found here, which have given their name to the Vendel Period. Vendel Church (Vendels kyrka) was probably begun to be built in Romanesque style...
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    of these Merovingian-period swords have notably been found in the context of the Scandinavian Germanic Iron Age (Vendel period). There is no single term...
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    of Scandinavia is thought to have died as a result and the emerging Vendel Period shows an increased militarization of society. Several areas with rich...
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    gold ornaments, are known from the following Migration Period (c. 400–550 AD) and Vendel Period (c. 550–790 AD). Sweden's Iron Age is considered to extend...
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  • known as the Broa helmet) is a decorated iron helmet from around the Vendel Period. Discovered around 1904 in a cremation grave in Broe, a farm on the...
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    Birgit (1983). "The chronology of the Vendel graves". In Lamm, Jan Peder & Nordstrom, Hans-Åke (eds.). Vendel Period Studies: transactions of the Boat-Grave...
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    Runestone (category Vendel Period)
    about 50 runestones from the Migration Period in Scandinavia. Most runestones were erected during the period 950–1100 CE, and then they were mostly raised...
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    legendary kings would have ruled during the Migration Period (c.  375–550) and subsequent Vendel Period (c.  550–790), but larger political structures in...
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    Valsgärde (category Vendel Period)
    and before this similar graves had only been found at Vendel, which gave its name to this period of the Scandinavian Iron Age. The graves are princely...
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