Vikings Archive
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Viking and Ancient boats discovered in Ireland
Posted on April 14, 2014 | No CommentsArchaeologists in Ireland have discovered the remains of boats dating back to the Bronze and Iron Age, including one from the 11th century that may have belonged to Viking raiders. -
Norse cultural reaction to climate change during the little ice age and their societal collapse in Greenland
Posted on April 12, 2014 | No CommentsThis study aims to understand the adaptations of the Norse Greenlanders to climate change in their new home. -
Viking researchers help British Museum translate Norse culture
Posted on April 10, 2014 | No CommentsThe first major exhibition on Vikings at the British Museum for over 30 years which opened on 6 March in London highlights a new research project by Viking experts at The University of Nottingham. -
Trinity College Dublin marks anniversary of Battle of Clontarf with conference and exhibition
Posted on April 10, 2014 | No CommentsThis year marks the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf, one of the most important events in Irish history. -
Vikings in France and England
Posted on April 6, 2014 | No CommentsDanielle Turner juxtaposes Viking raiding and settlement in medieval France and England to answer the question why Normandy (on the French side) became a major player in the medieval world, while the Danelaw (on the English side) did not. -
Bjarmaland and interaction in the North of Europe from the Viking Age until the Early Middle Ages
Posted on April 6, 2014 | No CommentsThis article intends to look at interaction in the very north of early medi- eval Europe with Bjarmaland as a starting point. After a short introduction to sources and historiography about Bjarmaland, the main content of the sources will be shortly discussed in order to establish what kind of informa- tion the written sources have to offer. -
Vikings – Review of Season 2 Episode 6: Unforgiven
Posted on April 5, 2014 | No CommentsFor an episode that took place mostly in feasting halls, Vikings was making sure they had a lot of action and dramatic moments -
Towards a first chronology for the middle settlement of Norse Greenland
Posted on March 30, 2014 | No CommentsThe so-called Middle Settlement (Mellembygden) of Norse/Viking Greenland has received far less attention than either of its larger Eastern and Western counterparts. -
‘Vikings’ Renewed for Third Season
Posted on March 25, 2014 | No CommentsThe television show Vikings has been renewed for a third season by the American channel History. Production on ten more episodes for season three will begin this summer and be broadcast in 2015. -
New Books on the Vikings
Posted on March 23, 2014 | No CommentsWant to know more about the Vikings? Here are five books that talk about the Norsemen, including their combs and their language. -
Vikings – Review of Season 2 Episode 4: Eye For an Eye
Posted on March 21, 2014 | No CommentsThis week's episode of Vikings contains one of the most strange and disturbing scenes of the entire series -
Clontarf in the Wider World
Posted on March 15, 2014 | No CommentsWhile a lively debate has continued for decades between Irish historians concerning the impact of the battle, Clontarf's place in a wider field of European events has received less attention. -
Vikings – Review of Season 2 Episode 3: Treachery
Posted on March 14, 2014 | No CommentsThis week's episode focuses on two main storylines - Ragnar continuing his raiding into Wessex, and Jarl Borg launching his own attack on Kattegat. -
Vikings’ demise on foreign soil – a case of ethnic cleansing?
Posted on March 8, 2014 | No CommentsThe discovery of two mass graves in England in 2010 containing the remains of Scandinavian men in their prime from the Viking age against the historical backdrop of Anglo-Saxon England has elicited questions as to whether or not they were victims of ethnic cleansing. -
Vikings – Review of Season 2 Episode 2: Invasion
Posted on March 7, 2014 | No Comments'Now we are ready and this summer we shall go to England.' -
Book Review: An Early Meal: A Viking Age Cookbook and Culinary Odyssey
Posted on March 6, 2014 | No CommentsA book that any non-academic Viking-enthusiast would love to have on their shelf or in their kitchen. -
Vikings in Cinema: a Case Study of How to Train Your Dragon
Posted on March 4, 2014 | No CommentsThis paper combines archaeological attention to the past (the Vikings and their material culture, beliefs and so on and a Žižekian fascination with Hollywood films to examine How to Train Your Dragon (2010), a 3-D animated film about Vikings for children. -
Arctic encounters between Norse and Natives
Posted on March 3, 2014 | No CommentsContact between the Norse and Native peoples in Canada's Arctic was more extensive and earlier than first believed, according to recent archaeological evidence. -
Vikings – Review of Season 2 Episode 1: Brother’s War
Posted on February 28, 2014 | No CommentsWhile the first part of this episode shows that Ragnar is a leader of men, the second half reveals how terrible he is with women! -
Vikings set to conquer TV in Season 2
Posted on February 25, 2014 | No CommentsFans of the TV show Vikings don't have to wait much longer to see what happened to Ragnar, Rollo and Lagertha as the second season begins airing on February 27th. -
Antiquarians, Archaeologists, and Viking Fortifications
Posted on February 17, 2014 | No CommentsThis article addresses the depth of our knowledge regarding Viking fortifications in England, Scotland, and Wales, assessing perceptions of them as a monument type -
BOOKS: Daily Life in the Middle Ages
Posted on February 16, 2014 | No CommentsEver wonder how monks, women and Vikings lived their day to day lives in the Middle Ages? These books will give you a glimpse into their world. -
The politico-religious landscape of medieval Karelia
Posted on February 14, 2014 | No CommentsIn historical sources the Karelians appear in the 12th century although archaeological excavations suggest that the amalgamation of groups of Baltic Finns, centered on the Karelian Isthmus, that came together from east and west respectively to form them originated in the late Iron Age and early Viking Age. -
The Vikings and Baron Dupuytren’s disease
Posted on February 8, 2014 | No CommentsDupuytren’s disease (DD) is an ancient affliction of unknown origin. It is defined by Dorland as shortening, thickening, and fibrosis of the palmar fascia producing a flexion deformity of a finger. -
Norse Rune code cracked
Posted on February 7, 2014 | No CommentsA scholar of the University of Oslo has cracked one of the rune codes used by the Vikings, revealing they were sending each other messages such as 'Kiss me'.
