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One of the most famous early Middle Ages signs that has survived is the "No Raping" sign from the escavation at Sutton Hoo. This 8th century English sign carved in stone contains easily recognisable images and was intended as a warning to passing Vikings. Historians agree it was comparably ineffective, probably due to interpretational problems. A red cross on top of a subject, to imply a prohibited action, is a fairly recent invention. The crossed bones used for substitute in the sign in question did not have the same effect on the Vikings, who took them as a favourable sign and raped even those they hadn't intended to. Similar efforts to convey the message to the Vikings were repeated time after time, but none of them was effective. Another example is a wooden sign that has survived in th

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  • One of the most famous early Middle Ages signs that has survived is the "No Raping" sign from the escavation at Sutton Hoo. This 8th century English sign carved in stone contains easily recognisable images and was intended as a warning to passing Vikings. Historians agree it was comparably ineffective, probably due to interpretational problems. A red cross on top of a subject, to imply a prohibited action, is a fairly recent invention. The crossed bones used for substitute in the sign in question did not have the same effect on the Vikings, who took them as a favourable sign and raped even those they hadn't intended to. Similar efforts to convey the message to the Vikings were repeated time after time, but none of them was effective. Another example is a wooden sign that has survived in th
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  • One of the most famous early Middle Ages signs that has survived is the "No Raping" sign from the escavation at Sutton Hoo. This 8th century English sign carved in stone contains easily recognisable images and was intended as a warning to passing Vikings. Historians agree it was comparably ineffective, probably due to interpretational problems. A red cross on top of a subject, to imply a prohibited action, is a fairly recent invention. The crossed bones used for substitute in the sign in question did not have the same effect on the Vikings, who took them as a favourable sign and raped even those they hadn't intended to. Similar efforts to convey the message to the Vikings were repeated time after time, but none of them was effective. Another example is a wooden sign that has survived in the Church of Arseleagh. It has similar problems to the stone sign: the Vikings were illiterate almost to a man, and took such signs for a welcome, or ignored them altogether.
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