Oseberg Viking Ship Burial Archives

Anglo Saxon and Viking Ship Burial – The British Museum

June 9, 2014 By Medievalists.net

This session explores Viking and Anglo Saxon ship burials between the seventh and tenth centuries presented at The British Museum.

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Viking Age Queens: The example of Oseberg

September 30, 2013 By Medievalists.net

The Oseberg ship at the archeological site.

The Oseberg ship burial is a Viking Age burial mound containing a double female inhumation, which is located in the Oslofjord area in Norway.

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The Plants used in a Viking Age Garden A.D. 800-1050

June 27, 2012 By Medievalists.net

Tree depicted in an Icelandic manuscript from the 18th century

Overpopulation in the Scandinavian countries created the Viking society, whose tradesmen, settlers and sea warriors had a considerable influences on the European countries. In return, influenced by what they saw, they brought back goods of all kinds, probably also seeds and posssibly plants.