and lives in washington dc printed and i will just turn it right over to arthur herman. etiquette is presentation and then take questions after his presentation. >> thank you very much and hello everyone. i'm in minneapolis and minneapolis is good to see you. it is good to return if only virtually, to my birthplace where i was born. a number of years ago, and that number is classified. it also where in minnesota as max mentioned, and the arthur herman who preceded me, will also received degrees a different kind is, father had a phd from u.s. of minnesota and his father god from minnesota and then. [inaudible]. and my great grandfather, also from thehe university of minnesota. and during class registration time when a couple of times one of the stretchers during i received notices from the registrar saying that i would not be allowed to register for the interview fine for a textbook. i went down to the registrar's office and explained to them that they were talking to the wrong person. i think would really have to get with my grandfather of course is not with us so univer

it is my pleasure tonight to have arthur herman here, the author of the book the vikings heart, and we had a great season so far of book talks and discussion so i'm really excited to have arthur herman here to nqtalk about is been new book. before we begin, i wanted to go over a couple w of

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. >> during a recent virtual event, hudson institute senior fellow arthur herman discussed how the vikings and their scandinavian descendants shaped history. here's a portion of that discussion. >> it's really the women who become the most charismatic and the most powerful, the most effective rulers all through the history of sand knave ya. -- scandinavia. what's amazing too is although the viking age and the post-viking age produced some great rulers,